US 12,092,694 B2
Active battery management method for economic optimization
Catherine A. Leatherdale, Woodbury, MN (US); Brian E. Brooks, St. Paul, MN (US); Gilles J. Benoit, Minneapolis, MN (US); Peter O. Olson, Andover, MN (US); Tyler W. Olson, Woodbury, MN (US); Himanshu Nayar, St. Paul, MN (US); Frederick J. Arsenault, Stillwater, MN (US); Nicholas A. Johnson, Burnsville, MN (US); Vincent J.L. Chevrier, St. Paul, MN (US); Don Vincent West, St. Paul, MN (US); and Brandon A. Bartling, Woodbury, MN (US)
Assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US)
Appl. No. 17/274,307
Filed by 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 10, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/050281
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 8, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/055778, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 19, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/729,598, filed on Sep. 11, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0336471 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. H02J 7/00 (2006.01); G01R 31/367 (2019.01); G01R 31/382 (2019.01); G01R 31/392 (2019.01); G01R 31/396 (2019.01); H01M 10/42 (2006.01); H01M 10/44 (2006.01); H01M 10/48 (2006.01); H02J 7/04 (2006.01)
CPC G01R 31/367 (2019.01) [G01R 31/382 (2019.01); G01R 31/392 (2019.01); G01R 31/396 (2019.01); H01M 10/425 (2013.01); H01M 10/443 (2013.01); H01M 10/48 (2013.01); H01M 10/486 (2013.01); H02J 7/00032 (2020.01); H02J 7/0047 (2013.01); H02J 7/0048 (2020.01); H02J 7/005 (2020.01); H02J 7/04 (2013.01); H01M 2010/4271 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for active battery management, comprising steps of:
providing signal injections for charging or discharging of a battery, including charging of the battery from a power grid;
receiving response signals corresponding with the signal injections;
measuring a utility of the response signals;
accessing data relating to charging or discharging of the battery, including discharging the battery into the power grid in exchange for an economic benefit; and
modifying the data based upon the utility of the response signals.