US 11,721,846 B2
Battery lockout override logic for a battery management system
Anthony H. Cooper, Kokomo, IN (US)
Assigned to Green Cubes Technology, LLC, Kokomo, IN (US)
Filed by Green Cubes Technology, LLC, Kokomo, IN (US)
Filed on Jun. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/851,181.
Application 17/851,181 is a continuation of application No. 16/692,416, filed on Nov. 22, 2019, granted, now 11,381,093, issued on Jul. 5, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/770,771, filed on Nov. 22, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0329093 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 10/44 (2006.01); G01R 31/3842 (2019.01); H01M 10/48 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC H01M 10/441 (2013.01) [G01R 31/3842 (2019.01); H01M 10/482 (2013.01); H02J 7/00032 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery management system (BMS) for a battery powered equipment, comprising:
a battery management system configured to monitor a condition of a battery pack powering the battery powered equipment and to completely shutdown a power path between the battery pack and the battery powered equipment in response to the condition of the battery pack indicating damage may occur from further use of the battery pack; and
the BMS further comprising an override logic configured to override the completed shutdown of the power path and allow the battery pack to enter a limp home mode.