The present invention is an improved lithium-ion battery core system for use within an electric vehicle. The present invention has a battery receiver and a battery charger. The battery receiver has a battery adaptor and a receiver lock. The battery adaptor allows the present invention to insert standardized lithium-ion cores that are managed at a specified voltage level suitable for the electric vehicle. The lithium-ion core includes a removable and rechargeable lithium-ion core, that can be charged by the battery charger. The battery charger has a plurality of cores, a plurality of lights, and an ejection button. The ejection button removes a battery from the battery charger. All of these various components allow for the present invention to provide users with a system for keeping electric vehicles properly charged for long distance travel.

The present invention is an improved lithium-ion battery core system for use within an electric vehicle. The present invention has a battery receiver and a battery charger. The battery receiver has a battery adaptor and a receiver lock. The battery adaptor allows the present invention to insert standardized lithium-ion cores that are managed at a specified voltage level suitable for the electric vehicle. The lithium-ion core includes a removable and rechargeable lithium-ion core, that can be charged by the battery charger. The battery charger has a plurality of cores, a plurality of lights, and an ejection button. The ejection button removes a battery from the battery charger. All of these various components allow for the present invention to provide users with a system for keeping electric vehicles properly charged for long distance travel.

A method for controlling a cell current limiting value for a battery management system. In some examples, the method includes determining quadratic reference currents of a battery cell; calculating a corresponding reference time constant for each reference current using a model for the calculation of a RMS value of a cell current by reference to a continuous current; constituting a diagram for the relationship between the reference time constant and the quadratic reference current; determining a predictive time constant by the comparison of a quadratic measured value of a cell current with the quadratic reference currents; calculating a predictive RMS limiting value of the cell current; calculating a first predictive limiting value for a short predictive time, a second predictive limiting value for a long predictive time, and a third predictive limiting value for a continuous predictive time; and calculating additional RMS limiting value for the cell current.

The present invention provides a multi-link fuse capable of charging a battery with a configuration simpler than a conventional configuration, and a method for charging a battery by using the multi-link fuse. A multi-link fuse H includes a bus bar body that includes an input terminal, a plurality of external terminals, and a fusion portion provided between the input terminal and the external terminal, and a housing body that covers the bus bar body. The multi-link fuse H includes an extension bus bar for charging a battery by connecting a charging connection terminal. The extension bus bar includes an input extension terminal that overlaps the input terminal and an outer extension portion that extends outward from the bus bar body and connects the charging connection terminal. Both the extension bus bar and the bus bar body are fixed to the housing body in a state where the input extension terminal of the extension bus bar overlaps the input terminal.

The present invention provides a multi-link fuse capable of charging a battery with a configuration simpler than a conventional configuration, and a method for charging a battery by using the multi-link fuse. A multi-link fuse H includes a bus bar body that includes an input terminal, a plurality of external terminals, and a fusion portion provided between the input terminal and the external terminal, and a housing body that covers the bus bar body. The multi-link fuse H includes an extension bus bar for charging a battery by connecting a charging connection terminal. The extension bus bar includes an input extension terminal that overlaps the input terminal and an outer extension portion that extends outward from the bus bar body and connects the charging connection terminal. Both the extension bus bar and the bus bar body are fixed to the housing body in a state where the input extension terminal of the extension bus bar overlaps the input terminal.

What is claimed is a positive electrode active material for an all-solid-state lithium-ion battery composed of particles containing crystals of a lithium metal composite oxide,

wherein the lithium metal composite oxide has a layered structure and contains at least Li and a transition metal, and wherein, in the particles, in pore physical properties obtained from nitrogen adsorption isotherm measurement and nitrogen desorption isotherm measurement at a liquid nitrogen temperature, the total pore volume obtained from a nitrogen adsorption amount when the relative pressure (p/p.sub.0) of an adsorption isotherm is 0.99 is less than 0.0035 cm.sup.3/g.

What is claimed is a positive electrode active material for an all-solid-state lithium-ion battery composed of particles containing crystals of a lithium metal composite oxide,

wherein the lithium metal composite oxide has a layered structure and contains at least Li and a transition metal, and wherein, in the particles, in pore physical properties obtained from nitrogen adsorption isotherm measurement and nitrogen desorption isotherm measurement at a liquid nitrogen temperature, the total pore volume obtained from a nitrogen adsorption amount when the relative pressure (p/p.sub.0) of an adsorption isotherm is 0.99 is less than 0.0035 cm.sup.3/g.

The disclosure relates to a rechargeable battery pack for a hand-held power tool, having an interface for establishing an electrical connection of the rechargeable battery pack to a hand-held power tool and/or a charging device. The interface has contact elements for electrically contacting corresponding mating contact elements on the hand-held power tool and/or on the charging device. One contact element is a signal contact element which is electrically connected to an encoder element of the rechargeable battery pack. A rechargeable battery pack electronics is configured to provide information relating to the rechargeable battery pack via the signal contact element, said information relating to the rechargeable battery pack being stored, at least in part, in the at least one encoder element, wherein in the rechargeable battery pack electronics, the encoder element is connected, in an electric parallel circuit, in parallel with a dynamic current path.

A battery pack is provided that includes battery cell magazines and a battery management system to control charging and discharging of the associated battery pack. The battery cell magazines may include a magazine housing and associated battery cells. The magazine housing may define a plurality of battery cell recesses to receive the battery cells. The battery management system may be configured to balance the state of charge of a battery stack of battery packs. Methods for balancing a state of charge of battery packs of a battery stack are also provided, as are systems for lifting a battery stack.

Example methods and apparatuses for detecting lithium plating and obtaining a polarization proportion are provided. One example method includes obtaining an open-circuit voltage of a rechargeable battery and a negative electrode open-circuit voltage of the rechargeable battery based on a state of charge of the rechargeable battery. A negative electrode polarization voltage of the rechargeable battery is obtained based on the open-circuit voltage, a terminal voltage of the rechargeable battery, and a polarization proportion of the rechargeable battery. A negative electrode voltage of the rechargeable battery is obtained based on the negative electrode open-circuit voltage and the negative electrode polarization voltage. It is determined, based on the negative electrode voltage, whether lithium plating occurs in the rechargeable battery.