Abstract: A storage device includes a base and a plurality of wire management modules. Each of the wire management modules includes a partition and a pivotal member. The partition is disposed to the base and has a supporting surface and a wire management groove. The supporting surface is located at the partition. The wire management groove is located at the supporting surface for accommodating wire. The pivotal member includes a fastening part and a pivotal part. The pivotal part is pivoted on the partition for a fastening position and a releasing position. When the pivotal member is at the fastening position, the fastening part covers the supporting surface for fastening wire between the surface and the fastening part. When the pivotal member is at the releasing position, the fastening part is spaced apart from the surface for releasing wire. The partitions and the base together form accommodation spaces.

Abstract: A frequency response optimization system includes a battery configured to store and discharge electric power, a power inverter configured to control an amount of the electric power stored or discharged from the battery, and a frequency response controller. The frequency response controller includes receiving a regulation signal from an incentive provider, determining statistics of the regulation signal, using the statistics of the regulation signal to generate a frequency response midpoint, and using the frequency response midpoint to determine optimal battery power setpoints for the power inverter. The power inverter is configured to use the optimal battery power setpoints to control the amount of the electric power stored or discharged from the battery.

Abstract: A frequency response controller includes a high level controller configured to receive a regulation signal from an incentive provider, determine statistics of the regulation signal, and use the statistics of the regulation signal to generate a frequency response midpoint. The controller further includes a low level controller configured to use the frequency response midpoint to determine optimal battery power setpoints and use the optimal battery power setpoints to control an amount of electric power stored or discharged from a battery during a frequency response period.

Abstract: Unique systems, methods, techniques and apparatuses of onboard battery charger systems are disclosed. One exemplary embodiment is a battery charging system comprising an isolation device and an electric vehicle charger. The isolation device includes an AC input terminal; an AC output terminal; two DC output terminals; a first portion of a detection circuit including a first sensor and a first resistor coupled in series; and a first controller. The charger includes an AC input terminal; two DC input terminals; and a second portion of the detection circuit including a second sensor and a second resistor coupled in series. The first controller is structured to isolate the AC input terminal of the isolation device from the AC output terminal of the isolation device when the two DC input terminals of the electric vehicle charger are not coupled to the two DC output terminals of the isolation device.

Abstract: An example electric vehicle charging method includes charging a battery of a vehicle using an external power source, and adjusting the charging based on a predicted amount of charging generated when driving the vehicle from the external power source to a destination. The external power source is at a higher elevation than some point along the route to the at least one destination.

Abstract: When a vehicle approaches a parking space, a ground controller sets a power transmission coil to first excitation in which the power transmission coil is excited in an excitation pattern containing identification data. A vehicle controller pre-charges a capacitor connected to a power reception coil after the vehicle approaches the parking space. Further, the vehicle controller acquires the identification data when the power transmission coil is in the first excitation, and transmits the acquired identification data to the ground unit. The ground controller pairs a power transmission device and a power reception device with each other if the identification data contained in the excitation pattern and the identification data acquired by the vehicle controller match each other.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for mitigating electromagnetic radiation emissions. In one aspect, a power transfer device of a wireless electric vehicle charging (WEVC) system is provided. The power transfer device includes a ferrite material and at least one electrically conductive coil. The ferrite material and the at least one coil are configured to wirelessly transfer energy either from or to a second power transfer device of the WEVC system. The power transfer device further includes at least one shield comprising a plurality of electrically conducting regions and one or more electrically insulating regions. The plurality of electrically conducting regions and one or more electrically insulating regions are configured to mitigate electromagnetic radiation emissions from the WEVC system that do not contribute to the wireless power transfer between the at least one electrically conductive coil and the second power transfer device.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for charging a battery in an electronic device are provided. The method includes, when charging power of a first level is supplied from a charger, converting the charging power of the first level to a charging power of a second level before providing charging power to a charging circuit, providing the charging power of the second level to the charging circuit, wherein the charging power of the first level is greater than the charging power of the second level.

Abstract: An example method includes storing a peak voltage level, a valley voltage level, and a frequency of a signal that corresponds to an alternating current (AC) signal across a capacitor; periodically determining whether a current peak voltage level of the signal is different than the stored peak voltage level of the signal or a current valley voltage level of the signal is different than the stored valley voltage level of the signal; determining, based on whether the current peak voltage level of the signal is different than the stored peak voltage level or the current valley voltage level of the signal is different than the stored valley voltage level, whether the AC signal has been removed from the capacitor; and in response to determining that the AC signal has been removed from the capacitor, discharging the capacitor.

Abstract: A test system for testing a battery pack having a high voltage terminal, a low voltage terminal, first and second battery modules, and a master microprocessor is provided. The test system includes an inverter unit and a test computer. The inverter unit iteratively grounds the high voltage terminal and the low voltage terminal. The test computer sends a first message to the master microprocessor that requests first and second voltage values of the first and second battery modules. The master microprocessor sends a second message having the first and second voltage values to the test computer which determines a first voltage deviation value. The test computer sets a test flag to a predetermined pass value if the test computer received the second message and the first voltage deviation value is less than a first threshold voltage deviation value.

Abstract: Systems and methods for a battery separator system integrating a DC contactor (solenoid) plus control electronics and all required interconnects into a single sealed enclosure for the purpose of selectively connecting and disconnecting a main and auxiliary battery under predetermined conditions. Battery monitoring and control includes programmable time delays that immunize the system from reacting to transient conditions as well as monitoring for and correcting unintended states and disabling operation when voltage conditions fall outside of prescribed limits.

Abstract: A charge/discharge system includes a controller to control an electric power converter placed between a capacitor and a secondary battery connected in parallel. The controller includes: a request power calculation unit configured to calculate request input/output power for the electric motor generator based on current and voltage of the capacitor and input output current of the electric power converter; a capacitor discharging bias factor map configured to specify a ratio of electric power to be supplied from the capacitor to the electric motor generator to the request input power of the electric motor generator; a capacitor charging bias factor map configured to specify a ratio of electric power to be stored in the capacitor from the electric motor generator to the request output power of the electric motor generator; and a subtraction unit configured to calculate charge/discharge power of the secondary battery by subtracting, from the request input/output power, the charge/discharge power of the capacitor.

Abstract: A method for a wireless charging receptacle is provided in the illustrative embodiments. An enclosure having a shape and a plurality of sides is formed to at least partially enclose a device while charging a rechargeable power source in the device. An opening is formed in the enclosure. the opening is located on a first side from the plurality of sides. The first side has a surface area less than a second surface area of a second side in the plurality of sides, the second surface area being largest of all surface areas of all sides in the plurality of sides. A wireless charging mechanism is configured relative to at least one of (i) the second side and (ii) a third side of the enclosure, wherein the wireless charging mechanism wirelessly supplies energy to a second wireless charging mechanism coupled with the device.

Abstract: An electrical energy storage unit and control system, and applications thereof. In an embodiment, the electrical energy storage unit includes a battery system controller and battery packs. Each battery pack has battery cells, a battery pack controller that monitors the cells, a battery pack cell balancer that adjusts the amount of energy stored in the cells, and a battery pack charger. The battery pack controller operates the battery pack cell balancer and the battery pack charger to control the state-of-charge of the cells. In an embodiment, the cells are lithium ion battery cells.

Abstract: A three-coil electromagnetic induction power transfer system is disclosed for epiretinal prostheses and other implants. A third, buffer coil is disposed between an external transmitting coil and a receiver coil buried within the body to improve efficiency and robustness to misalignments. One or more of the coils can be manufactured using micromechanical machining techniques to lay out conductors in a ribbon of biocompatible insulator, folding lengths of the insulated conductor traces longitudinally over one another, and then spiraling them into a ring. The traces change axial position in the ring by shifting across fold lines. One or more U-shaped sections on the traces can be folded so that adjacent traces can project opposite one another, lengthening the resulting ribbon that can be wound into a coil.

Abstract: A voltage monitoring module includes a first terminal configured to be coupled to a high-potential-side terminal of a first battery cell, and a second terminal configured to be coupled to a low-potential-side of the first battery cell.

Abstract: A control pilot (CP) signal detection method for a vehicle charger includes: counting CP signals based on signal levels of the CP signals during a set period of time, when an input of the CP signals is detected while an ignition of a vehicle is turned off; determining whether a count of high-level CP signals among the CP signals is within a reference range, when the set period of time elapses; and outputting state information of the CP signals based on the determination of whether the count of high-level CP signals is within the reference range.

Abstract: A battery tester including a battery tester cable, a cable pod coupled to an end of the battery tester cable, and a battery tester housing including a cavity configured to receive the cable pod. The cable pod and the cavity include mating parts configured to mate the cable pod within the cavity in at least two different preset orientations. In some examples, the orientations are changeable and securable manually.

Abstract: Light is transmitted from a light source through or from a separator of a battery cell and received by one or more light detectors. The light that is normally transmitted through the separator is scattered, absorbed, wavelength-shifted or otherwise distorted by an impending fault in the vicinity of or within the separator. The change in light due to the impending fault is measured by a detector and a signal from the detector is processed to identify the impending fault so that a warning can be generated indicative of the impending fault. In particular, one or both of the light source and detector are enclosed within a battery cell housing.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a connector to which an external device is connected, a control unit identifying a connected external device and controlling operations of a voltage conversion unit and a charging and discharging unit according to a result of an identification, the voltage conversion unit bypassing a supply voltage supplied from the external device, boosting the supply voltage, or converting a battery voltage of a battery connected to an electronic device to supply a converted voltage to the external device, according to the result of the identification, and the charging and discharging unit lowering a voltage supplied from the voltage conversion unit or bypassing the battery voltage of the battery to the voltage conversion unit, according to the result of the identification.