US Patent:
20190391577, Dec 26, 2019
Inventors:
- Gardena CA, US
Phillip John Weicker - Los Angeles CA, US
Xu Yan - Los Angeles CA, US
Mayank Sikaria - Folsom CA, US
International Classification:
G05D 1/00
H02J 7/00
B60L 11/18
B60R 16/04
B60K 6/28
B60R 16/033
Abstract:
In one aspect, a power system comprises a power bus, a plurality of energy-storage modules, and a controller. Each energy-storage module is coupled to the power bus and comprises an energy-storage device configured to store energy, an electrical circuit safety device configured to detect safe power conditions in the energy-storage module and break an electrical circuit within the energy-storage module based on a detection of unsafe power conditions in the energy-storage module, and a switch configured to selectively couple the energy-storage device to the power bus. The controller is configured to monitor a state of each of the plurality of energy-storage modules and control a state of the power system based on the state of each of the plurality of energy-storage modules.