A moving object according to the present disclosure includes: a frame; and a solid-state battery placed in a hollow of the frame. According to the present disclosure, rigidity of the frame can be increased without additional components, and an increase in weight can be prevented. In addition, a space conventionally secured for placing a battery can be freed, and room in the interior of the moving object can be enlarged.

A battery pack includes: a plurality of first battery modules and a plurality of second battery modules that are arranged in two rows in a first direction; a battery case that houses the plurality of first and second battery modules and includes a plurality of cross beams for partitioning between the plurality of first battery modules and between the plurality of second battery modules; a plurality of first slave BMSs that are positioned at one side of the plurality of first battery modules facing the plurality of second battery modules and are arranged in the first direction; and a plurality of second slave BMSs that are positioned on one side of the plurality of second battery modules facing the plurality of first battery modules and are arranged in the first direction.

A battery pack according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of battery blocks, the battery blocks being arrayed adjacent to each other in a stacking direction that is set in advance. After two or more of the battery blocks are replaced with multiple replacement battery blocks that have been refreshed in advance, multiple non-replacement battery blocks, among the battery blocks, that have not been replaced with the replacement battery blocks, are adjacent to each other in the stacking direction, and the replacement battery blocks are adjacent to each other in the stacking direction.

A flexible battery case with an insert mating to the tongue and groove joint to provide a stable platform for the controls, displays and peripheral connectors. Other connectors are disposed within a plastic housing and overmolded to create a waterproof seal. A charger is configured to execute a software program to confirm charger authorization to enable secondary battery charging and discharging. The control system is configured to monitor the integrity of a heating element and executes a software program to disable charging if the integrity of a heating element is compromised. A flexible substrate has a PCB on one side, and supports the individual battery cells and surface mount circuit boards on an opposite side. The flexible PCB substrate may be folded to sandwich an insulating layer therebetween.

A control unit for a battery system, comprising: a microcontroller configured to generate a first control signal; a monitoring unit configured to generate a fault signal indicative of the operational state of the microcontroller; a first signal source configured to generate a state signal indicative of a system state; a comparator circuit configured to generate an intermediate control signal based on a first control signal and a fault signal; the comparator circuit further comprising a comparator node, the comparator circuit configured to transmit the intermediate control signal to the comparator node; wherein the first signal source is connected to the comparator node to transmit the state signal to the comparator node; the comparator circuit further comprises a comparator connected to the comparator node and configured to generate a switch control signal based on a voltage on the comparator node and based on a threshold voltage.

The present disclosure relates to a battery management device for balancing state of charges (SOCs) of a plurality of battery cells while maintaining a substrate temperature of a substrate to which a balancing resistor of each of a plurality of battery cells is mounted to a reference temperature or below. Since the substrate temperature is maintained at the reference temperature or below by controlling the duty cycle of a balancing switch, it is possible to prevent components included in the battery management device from being overheated and damaged due to the heat generated during the balancing process.

A supervisory computer is used with an energy management system of an electric vehicle. The energy management system includes a battery system having a plurality of battery subsystems. One of the battery subsystems is an abnormal battery subsystem while the remaining battery subsystems are normal battery subsystems. The supervisory computer includes at least one processor and at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium. The processor monitors the remaining state of charge, capacity, and resistance of the battery system and monitor the remaining state of charge and capacity of the abnormal battery subsystem, calculate a low integration bound value, calculate a remaining energy value for all of the normal battery subsystems with respect to the low integration value, calculate a remaining energy value for the abnormal battery subsystem, and summate the remaining energy values of the normal and abnormal battery subsystems to determine a global remaining energy value for the battery system.

This decision method: determines whether measurement data pertaining to a plurality of power storage elements included in a system is periodically stored in a storage device; when the measurement data is determined as stored, determines, on the basis of the acquired measurement data, whether each of the plurality of power storage elements reaches the end of life within a period corresponding to a standard use period at a prescribed temperature; and decides that a power storage element determined as reaching the end of life is required to be replaced.

A battery module includes a module case formed with a hollow structure; a cell stack disposed inside the module case and including secondary battery cells stacked in one direction; and a bus bar frame having a plurality of bus bars for electrically connecting the secondary battery cells and a sensing member for sensing voltage of the secondary battery cells, which are installed at predetermined locations thereof, the bus bar frame being installed around the cell stack and disposed to be inserted into the module case integrally with the cell stack. The bus bar frame includes a horizontal frame disposed in a length direction of the cell stack; and a pair of vertical frames coupled to both ends of the horizontal frame by hinges and disposed in a height direction at a front surface and a rear surface of the cell stack.

A method for matching data of a first control unit for controlling an electrical energy storage unit, which includes a plurality of electrochemical energy stores, with a second control unit for determining precise predictive values.