- Patent Title: Arc fault detection for battery packs in energy generation systems
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Application No.: US15678068Application Date: 2017-08-15
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Publication No.: US10601234B2Publication Date: 2020-03-24
- Inventor: Sandeep Narla
- Applicant: Tesla, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Assignee: Tesla, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Tesla, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Agency: Dentons US LLP
- Main IPC: H02J7/00
- IPC: H02J7/00 ; H02J9/06 ; H02S50/00 ; H02J7/35 ; H02S40/32 ; H02S40/38 ; H02H1/00 ; H02J3/38 ; H02S50/10 ; H02H7/18 ; H02H7/10

Abstract:
A battery pack for an energy generation system includes a cell array of conductively interconnected power cells configured to store and discharge energy, a direct current (DC)-to-DC converter coupled to the cell array and configured to receive power from the cell array during discharging of the cell array or to output power to the cell array during charging of the cell array, a pair of output terminals coupled to the DC-to-DC converter for coupling with an external device; and an arc fault detection system coupled between the DC-to-DC converter and the pair of output terminals. The arc fault detection system includes a first sensor for measuring power transmitted between the DC-to-DC converter and the pair of output terminals and a controller coupled to the first sensor and configured to disable the battery pack based on a measurement of the power transmitted between the DC-to-DC converter and the output terminals.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190058338A1 ARC FAULT DETECTION FOR BATTERY PACKS IN ENERGY GENERATION SYSTEMS Public/Granted day:2019-02-21
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