Battery charging and discharging without interface removal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10879714-B2
Application number	US-202016802886-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 27, 2020
Priority date	Mar 28, 2017
Publication date	Dec 29, 2020
Grant date	Dec 29, 2020

Abstract

Various embodiments are described that relate to a battery. A battery, such as a battery with a common input/output terminal, can be tested. Part of this testing can include charging the battery and discharging the battery. It can be dangerous to switch out an interface between charging and discharging. Therefore, a single interface can be employed that enables the battery to be charged and discarded. With this, the battery can be charged and discharged without the danger of switching the interface.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system, comprising:
an exchange component, that is at least partially hardware, configured to physically interface with a common input/output terminal of a battery; and
a conduit component configured to receive a charge and a discharge for the battery while the exchange component is interfaced with the battery such that the interface between the exchange component and the battery is configured to not be removed between a charge and a discharge,
where the exchange component and the conduit component are coupled together, and
where the conduit component is configured to not be decoupled from the exchange component between a charge and a discharge.

2. The system of claim 1 ,
where the battery is a large format battery.

3. The system of claim 1 ,
where the battery is of at least about 20 Volts direct current.

4. The system of claim 1 ,
where the conduit component is configured to be coupled to a charge device configured to supply the charge,
where the conduit component is configured to be coupled to a discharge device configured to supply the discharge while the conduit component is coupled to the charge device,
where the conduit component is configured to not be decoupled from the charge device between a first charge and a first discharge,
where the conduit component is configured to not be decoupled from the discharge device between the first discharge and then a second charge,
where the first discharge occurs after the first charge,
where the second charge occurs after the first discharge,
where the first charge and the second charge are different charge amounts, and
where the charge device and discharge device are two distinct physical units.

5. The system of claim 4 , comprising:
an isolation component configured to isolate the charge device from the discharge device.

6. The system of claim 5 ,
where the isolation component isolates the charge device from the discharge device, at least in part, by way of a transient-voltage-suppression diode.

7. The system of claim 1 , comprising:
an administration component configured to manage between the charge and the discharge.

8. The system of claim 7 , comprising:
a charge relay configured to be closed in response to a designation to charge the battery; and
a discharge relay configured to be closed in response to a designation to discharge the battery,
where the charge relay is configured to be open when the battery receives the discharge and
where the discharge relay configured to be open when the battery receives the charge.

9. A system, comprising:
an exchange component, that is at least partially hardware, configured to physically interface with a common input/output terminal of a battery;
a conduit component configured to receive a charge and a discharge for the battery while the exchange component is interfaced with the battery such that the interface between the exchange component and the battery is configured to not be removed between a charge and a discharge;
a charge relay configured to be closed in response to a designation to charge the battery; and
a discharge relay configured to be closed in response to a designation to discharge the battery,
where the charge relay is configured to be open when the battery receives the discharge,
where the discharge relay configured to be open when the battery receives the charge,
where the exchange component and the conduit component are coupled together, and
where the conduit component is configured to not be decoupled from the exchange component between a charge and a discharge.

10. The system of claim 9 ,
where the battery is a large format battery.

11. The system of claim 9 ,
where the battery is of at least about 20 Volts direct current.

12. The system of claim 9 ,
where the conduit component is configured to be coupled to a charge device configured to supply the charge,
where the conduit component is configured to be coupled to a discharge device configured to supply the discharge while the conduit component is coupled to the charge device,
where the conduit component is configured to not be decoupled from the charge device between a first charge and a first discharge,
where the conduit component is configured to not be decoupled from the discharge device between the first discharge and then a second charge,
where the first discharge occurs after the first charge,
where the second charge occurs after the first discharge,
where the first charge and the second charge are different charge amounts, and
where the charge device and discharge device are two distinct physical units.

13. The system of claim 12 , comprising:
an isolation component configured to isolate the charge device from the discharge device.

14. The system of claim 13 ,
where the isolation component isolates the charge device from the discharge device, at least in part, by way of a transient-voltage-suppression diode.

15. The system of claim 9 , comprising:
an administration component configured to manage between the designation to charge the battery and the designation to discharge the battery.

16. A system, comprising:
an exchange component, that is at least partially hardware, configured to physically interface with a common input/output terminal of a battery;
a conduit component configured to receive a charge and a discharge for the battery while the exchange component is interfaced with the battery such that the interface between the exchange component and the battery is configured to not be removed between a charge and a discharge; and
an administration component configured to manage between the charge and the discharge indicated by a selector switch,
where the exchange component and the conduit component are coupled together, and
where the conduit component is configured to not be decoupled from the exchange component between a charge and a discharge.

17. The system of claim 16 ,
where the battery is a large format battery and
where the battery is of at least about 20 Volts direct current.

18. The system of claim 16 ,
where the conduit component is configured to be coupled to a charge device configured to supply the charge,
where the conduit component is configured to be coupled to a discharge device configured to supply the discharge while the conduit component is coupled to the charge device,
where the conduit component is configured to not be decoupled from the charge device between a first charge and a first discharge,
where the conduit component is configured to not be decoupled from the discharge device between the first discharge and then a second charge,
where the first discharge occurs after the first charge,
where the second charge occurs after the first discharge,
where the first charge and the second charge are different charge amounts, and
where the charge device and discharge device are two distinct physical units.

19. The system of claim 18 , comprising:
an isolation component configured to isolate the charge device from the discharge device,
where the isolation component isolates the charge device from the discharge device, at least in part, by way of a transient-voltage-suppression diode.

20. The system of claim 16 , comprising:
a charge relay configured to be closed in response to a designation from the selector switch to charge the battery; and
a discharge relay configured to be closed in response to a designation from the selector switch to discharge the battery,
where the charge relay is configure

Assignees

• Us Gov Sec Army
• The Government Of The Unite States As Represented By The Secretary Of The Army

Inventors

• Couvillon Ivan
• Limpert Matthew

Classifications

• H02J7/875

  Charging or discharging for charge maintenance, battery initiation or rejuvenation · CPC title

• H02J7/865 Primary

  Battery or charger load switching, e.g. concurrent charging and load supply (H02J7/50 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H02J2207/40

  adapted for charging from various sources, e.g. AC, DC or multivoltage · CPC title

• H02J7/0069

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H02J7/0068 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic