Battery pack enumeration method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8659261
APP PUB NO 20120013290A1
SERIAL NO

12938277

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A method of registering a plurality of Battery-Monitoring-Units (BMUs) in a battery pack with a Battery-Management-System (BMS), the method comprising: providing an indication to a user, wherein the indication prompts the user to register one of the BMUs with the BMS; the user performing an action on a communication-initiating mechanism on one of the BMUs, wherein the communication-initiating mechanism is configured to initiate the sending of a communication by the BMU to the BMS in response to the user performing the action; the BMU sending a communication to the BMS in response to the user performing the action on the communication-initiating mechanism; the BMS receiving the communication from the BMU; and the BMS registering the BMU in response to receiving the communication from the BMU.

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SINOELECTRIC POWERTRAIN CORPORATION520 E WEDDELL DRIVE #5 SUNNYVALE CA 94089

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Collins, Michael Keith Cupertino, US 3 51
Pariseau, David Kevin Los Altos, US 8 2732
Wang, Yang Palo Alto, US 887 5589
Zhou, Peng El Cerrito, US 284 6195

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