US 12,272,799 B2
Battery module supporting automated low-voltage charging
Luka Petrovic, North Billerica, MA (US); and Sheng-Hsien Fang, New Taipei (TW)
Assigned to SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT CORPORATION, Foxboro, MA (US)
Filed by SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT CORPORATION, Foxboro, MA (US)
Filed on Feb. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/651,343.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/150,842, filed on Feb. 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0263142 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 10/42 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC H01M 10/4257 (2013.01) [H01M 10/4207 (2013.01); H01M 2010/4271 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery module comprising:
battery terminals configured to be coupled to at least one power device;
one or more battery cells configured to store energy; and
a battery-management system configured to:
determine whether a command to operate with the at least one power device has been received;
charge, responsive to determining that a command to operate with a first power device has not been received, the one or more battery cells to a first state of charge with power derived from the first power device; and
charge, responsive to determining that a command to operate with a second power device has been received, the one or more battery cells to a second state of charge with power derived from the second power device, the second state of charge being greater than the first state of charge.