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US 12,298,351 · App. 18/024,713 · Granted May 13, 2025

Charge level early warning method for composite battery packs

Inventors: Peiling Sun (Guangdong, CN); Lang Cao (Guangdong, CN); Yuan Zhu (Guangdong, CN); Jianhua Liu (Guangdong, CN); Jincheng Liu (Guangdong, CN)
Assignees: EVE ENERGY CO., LTD; EVE HYPERPOWER BATTERIES INC.
G01R31/3842
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Patent No.
US 12,298,351
App. No.
18/024,713
Granted
May 13, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present application provides a charge level early warning method for composite battery packs, comprising: performing voltage test and/or current test on at least two groups of composite battery packs formed by connecting lithium-thionyl chloride batteries and capacitors in parallel, wherein the voltage test is used for obtaining the correlation between the state of charge of the lithium-thionyl chloride batteries and stable voltages, and the current test is used for obtaining the correlation between the state of charge of the lithium-thionyl chloride batteries and the maximum output current; and monitoring the composite battery packs on which charge level early warning is to be performed, and performing early warning according to a voltage, and/or performing early warning according to a current.

Claims (42)

1. A method of charge level early warning for a composite battery pack, comprising the following steps:

performing a voltage test and/or a current test on at least two composite battery packs formed by connecting a lithium thionyl chloride battery with a capacitor in parallel; wherein the lithium thionyl chloride battery in each composite battery pack has a different state of charge;

the voltage test comprises measuring a stable voltage of the capacitor at a set test time interval, and based on the test result, obtaining a correlation between the state of charge of the lithium thionyl chloride battery and the stable voltage;

the current test comprises measuring a maximum output current, and based on the test result, obtaining a correlation between the state of charge of the lithium thionyl chloride battery and the maximum output current;

monitoring a composite battery pack to be subjected to charge level early warning, and performing early warning based on voltage, wherein the early warning is performed when the stable voltage of the capacitor in the composite battery pack to be subjected to charge level early warning is less than or equal to the stable voltage corresponding to a set state-of-charge early warning value of the lithium thionyl chloride battery, and/or

performing early warning based on current, wherein, under the same discharge condition as the current test, the early warning is performed when the maximum output current of the lithium thionyl chloride battery in the composite battery pack to be subjected to charge level early warning is less than or equal to the maximum output current corresponding to a set state-of-charge early warning value of the lithium thionyl chloride battery.

2. The method of charge level early warning for a composite battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the set test time interval is 1-3 h.

3. The method of charge level early warning for a composite battery pack according to claim 2 , wherein the stable voltage is, in a case where two tests are performed on voltage at the set test time interval and a difference between a result from a latter test and a result from a former test is less than or equal to 1 mV, the voltage from the latter test.

4. The method of charge level early warning for a composite battery pack according to claim 2 , wherein the lithium thionyl chloride battery used for the tests has a state of charge of 20-100%.

5. The method of charge level early warning for a composite battery pack according to claim 2 , wherein the maximum output current is measured under a pulse discharge condition;

wherein the pulse discharge is performed at 200-400 mA/1 s; and

the maximum output current is measured at two ends of the lithium thionyl chloride battery.

6. The method of charge level early warning for a composite battery pack according to claim 2 , which further comprises plotting based on data to obtain the correlation between the state of charge of the lithium thionyl chloride battery and the maximum output current.

7. The method of charge level early warning for a composite battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the stable voltage is, in a case where two tests are performed on voltage at the set test time interval and a difference between a result from a latter test and a result from a former test is less than or equal to 1 mV, the voltage from the latter test.

8. The method of charge level early warning for a composite battery pack according to claim 3 , wherein the lithium thionyl chloride battery used for the tests has a state of charge of 20-100%.

9. The method of charge level early warning for a composite battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the capacitor comprises a conventional capacitor and/or a supercapacitor.

10. The method of charge level early warning for a composite battery pack according to claim 9 , wherein each of the composite battery packs used for the tests has the same capacitor.

11. The method of charge level early warning for a composite battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the lithium thionyl chloride battery used for the tests has a state of charge of 20-100%.

12. The method of charge level early warning for a composite battery pack according to claim 11 , wherein a method for obtaining the correlation between the state of charge of the lithium thionyl chloride battery and the stable voltage comprises plotting based on data.

13. The method of charge level early warning for a composite battery pack according to claim 11 , wherein the maximum output current is measured under a pulse discharge condition;

wherein the pulse discharge is performed at 200-400 mA/1 s; and

the maximum output current is measured at two ends of the lithium thionyl chloride battery.

14. The method of charge level early warning for a composite battery pack according to claim 11 , wherein the early warning is performed when the stable voltage of the capacitor in the composite battery pack to be subjected to charge level early warning is consecutively less than or equal to the stable voltage corresponding to the set state-of-charge early warning value of the lithium thionyl chloride battery for 10-14 h.

15. The method of charge level early warning for a composite battery pack according to claim 11 , wherein in a case where the voltage early warning and the current early warning are performed simultaneously, when either of the voltage early warning and the current early warning reaches its early warning condition, it is determined that the charge level of the composite battery pack reaches the early warning value.

16. The method of charge level early warning for a composite battery pack according to claim 11 , which further comprises plotting based on data to obtain the correlation between the state of charge of the lithium thionyl chloride battery and the maximum output current.

17. The method of charge level early warning for a composite battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein each of the composite battery packs used for the tests has the same capacitor.

18. The method of charge level early warning for a composite battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the maximum output current is measured under a pulse discharge condition;

wherein the pulse discharge is performed at 200-400 mA/1 s; and

the maximum output current is measured at two ends of the lithium thionyl chloride battery.

19. The method of charge level early warning for a composite battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the early warning is performed when the stable voltage of the capacitor in the composite battery pack to be subjected to charge level early warning is consecutively less than or equal to the stable voltage corresponding to the set state-of-charge early warning value of the lithium thionyl chloride battery for 10-14 h.

20. The method of charge level early warning for a composite battery pack according to claim 19 , wherein in a case where the voltage early warning and the current early warning are performed simultaneously, when either of the voltage early warning and the current early warning reaches its early warning condition, it is determined that the charge level of the composite battery pack reaches the early warning value.

21. The method of charge level early warning for a composite battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein in a case where the voltage early warning and the current early warning are performed simultaneously, when either of the voltage early warning and the current early warning reaches its early warning condition, it is determined that the charge level of the composite battery pack reaches the early warning value.

22. The method of charge level early warning for a composite battery pack according to claim 1 , comprising:

performing a voltage test and/or a current test on at least two composite battery packs formed by connecting a lithium thionyl chloride battery with a capacitor in parallel; wherein the lithium thionyl chloride battery used for the tests has a state of charge of 20-100%, and the lithium thionyl chloride battery in each composite battery pack has a different state of charge; each of the composite battery packs used for the tests has the same capacitor;

the voltage test comprises measuring a stable voltage of the capacitor at a test time interval of 1-3 h, and based on the test result, obtaining a correlation between the state of charge of the lithium thionyl chloride battery and the stable voltage;

the current test comprises measuring a maximum output current at two ends of the lithium thionyl chloride battery under 200-400 mA/1 s pulse discharge condition, and based on the test result, obtaining a correlation between the state of charge of the lithium thionyl chloride battery and the maximum output current;

monitoring a composite battery pack to be subjected to charge level early warning, and performing early warning based on voltage, wherein the early warning is performed when the stable voltage of the capacitor in the composite battery pack to be subjected to charge level early warning is less than or equal to the stable voltage corresponding to a set state-of-charge early warning value of the lithium thionyl chloride battery, and/or

performing early warning based on current, wherein, under the same pulse discharge condition as the current test, the early warning is performed when the maximum output current of the lithium thionyl chloride battery in the composite battery pack to be subjected to charge level early warning is less than or equal to the maximum output current corresponding to a set state-of-charge early warning value of the lithium thionyl chloride battery;

in a case where the voltage early warning and the current early warning are performed simultaneously, when either of the voltage early warning and the current early warning reaches its early warning condition, it is determined that the charge level of the composite battery pack reaches the early warning value.

23. The method of charge level early warning for a composite battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the capacitor comprises a lithium-ion battery capacitor.

24. The method of charge level early warning for a composite battery pack according to claim 1 , which further comprises plotting based on data to obtain the correlation between the state of charge of the lithium thionyl chloride battery and the stable voltage.

25. The method of charge level early warning for a composite battery pack according to claim 1 , which further comprises plotting based on data to obtain the correlation between the state of charge of the lithium thionyl chloride battery and the maximum output current.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 4, 2023
From: EVE HYPERPOWER BATTERIES INC.
To: EVE ENERGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065746/0684 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 20, 2023
From: SUN, PEILING; CAO, LANG; ZHU, YUAN; LIU, JIANHUA; LIU, JINCHENG
To: EVE ENERGY CO., LTD.; EVE HYPERPOWER BATTERIES INC.
Reel/Frame 063994/0885 →
Priority Claims (1)
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