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US 12,567,752 · App. 17/942,260 · Granted Mar 3, 2026

Multiplexed charge discharge battery management system

Inventors: Yuriy V. Mikhaylik (Tucson, AZ); Glenn Alan Hamblin (Tucson, AZ); Chariclea Scordilis-Kelley (Tucson, AZ); John Joseph Christopher Kopera (Vail, AZ)
Assignee: Sion Power Corporation
H02J7/0019H01M10/052H01M10/425H01M10/441H01M10/443H01M10/445H01M10/482H01M10/486H02J7/0025H02J7/0063H01M2010/4271H02J2207/20
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Patent No.
US 12,567,752
App. No.
17/942,260
Granted
Mar 3, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A battery management system comprising: at least one battery comprising two or more sets of cells, each set of cells comprising one or more cells; a multiplexing switch apparatus connected to each set of cells; and at least one controller configured to use the multiplexing switch apparatus to selectively discharge the sets of cells based on at least one criterion. A battery pack comprising: at least one battery comprising two or more sets of cells, each set of cells comprising one or more cells; and an integrated switching control system comprising at least one switch connected to each set of cells, wherein the integrated switching control system is configured to control the at least one switch to discharge the sets of cells sequentially or selectively based on at least one criterion. A battery management method or a battery pack control method.

Claims (36)

1 . A battery pack comprising:

at least one battery comprising two or more sets of cells, each set of cells of the two or more sets of cells comprising one or more cells; and

an integrated switching control system comprising at least one switch connected to each set of cells of the two or more sets of cells,

wherein the integrated switching control system is configured to control the at least one switch to charge a first set of cells and a second set of cells of the two or more sets of cells in parallel at a charging rate, and

wherein the integrated switching control system is configured to control the at least one switch to selectively discharge the first set of cells, and not the second set of cells, of the two or more sets of cells at a discharging rate that is at least 2 times higher than the charging rate based on at least one criterion of:

a duration of a connection between a load and a set of cells of the two or more sets of cells that is currently connected to the load,

a delivered discharge capacity at the connection, and

a value of a function having one or more parameters.

2 . The battery pack of claim 1 , wherein the integrated switching control system is configured to control the at least one switch to selectively discharge each of the two or more sets of cells individually at a first rate and to charge each of the two or more sets of cells in parallel at a second rate, the first rate being at least 2 times higher than the second rate.

3 . The battery pack of claim 2 , wherein the first rate is 4 times higher than the second rate.

4 . The battery pack of claim 1 , wherein each set of cells comprises a single cell.

5 . The battery pack of claim 1 , wherein the integrated switching control system is configured to control the at least one switch to temporally overlap individual discharges of the two or more sets of cells.

6 . The battery pack of claim 1 , wherein the integrated switching control system is configured to control the at least one switch to continue to provide power from the two or more sets of cells during switching between individual discharging of different sets of the two or more sets of cells.

7 . The battery pack of claim 1 , wherein the integrated switching control system comprises at least one processor.

8 . The battery pack of claim 1 , wherein the at least one battery comprises at least one lithium-metal battery.

9 . The battery pack of claim 1 , wherein the integrated switching control system is configured to control the at least one switch to connect the two or more sets of cells to a load in a topology employed by the load.

10 . The battery pack of claim 1 , wherein each cell utilizes a same electrochemistry.

11 . The battery pack of claim 1 , wherein the at least one criterion does not include a number of prior discharge cycles of the set of cells.

12 . The battery pack of claim 1 , wherein a duration of a connection between a load and a set of cells currently connected to the load is at least 0.01 seconds.

13 . The battery pack of claim 1 , wherein the integrated switching control system is configured to control the at least one switch to isolate a single set of cells for individually discharging while all other sets of cells are not discharging.

14 . The battery pack of claim 1 , wherein the integrated switching control system is configured to control the at least one switch to isolate a single cell for discharging while all other cells are not discharging.

15 . A battery pack control method comprising:

using an integrated switching control system comprising at least one switch connected to each set of cells of two or more sets of cells of at least one battery, to control the at least one switch to discharge a first set of cells and not a second set of cells of the two or more sets of cells at a discharging rate, and then to discharge the second set of cells and not the first set of cells at least at the discharging rate; and

using the integrated switching control system to control the at least one switch to charge the first set of cells and the second set of cells in parallel at a charging rate,

wherein the discharging rate is at least 2 times higher than the charging rate, and

wherein each set of cells of the two or more sets of cells comprises one or more cells.

16 . The battery pack control method of claim 15 , further comprising using the integrated switching control system to control the at least one switch to selectively discharge each of the two or more sets of cells at a first rate and to charge each of the two or more sets of cells in parallel at a second rate, the first rate being at least 2 times higher than the second rate.

17 . The battery pack control method of claim 15 , wherein each set of cells comprises a single cell.

18 . A battery pack control method comprising:

using an integrated switching control system comprising at least one switch connected to each set of cells of two or more sets of cells of at least one battery, to:

control the at least one switch to charge a first set of cells and a second set of cells of the two or more sets of cells in parallel at a charging rate; and

control the at least one switch to selectively discharge the first set of cells and not the second set of cells of the two or more sets of cells at a discharging rate that is at least 2 times higher than the charging rate based on at least one of:

a duration of a connection between a load and a set of cells currently connected to the load,

a delivered discharge capacity at the connection, and

a value of a function having one or more parameters,

wherein each set of cells comprises one or more cells.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2022
From: MIKHAYLIK, YURIY V.; HAMBLIN, GLENN ALAN; SCORDILIS-KELLEY, CHARICLEA; KOPERA, JOHN JOSEPH CHRISTOPHER
To: SION POWER CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061480/0650 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16527903 · Jul 31, 2019
Provisional Application 62712761 · Jul 31, 2018
Related Publication 20230106718A1 · Apr 6, 2023
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