Patents Examined by Zixuan Zhou
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Patent number: 11539233Abstract: In an example, a smart battery backup system is disclosed. The system is configured to be installed on or within a vehicle and connected to a main battery of the vehicle. The system includes a housing, a lithium-ion battery disposed at least partially within the housing, and a controller disposed at least partially within the housing and including a set of momentary switches. The controller is configured to jump start the main battery using the lithium-ion battery. The controller is also configured to maintain the lithium-ion battery such that, based on a charge state of the lithium-ion battery and a charge state of the main battery, the lithium-ion battery is charged using the main battery.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Splice Energy Solutions, LLCInventors: Nolan C. Heatley, Steven J. Bach
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Patent number: 11532944Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a charging adjustment method, a terminal and a computer storage medium. The method includes: detecting a real-time charging current when performing charging to a battery; determining whether to perform charging adjustment according to the real-time charging current and a preset cut-off current; obtaining a target voltage when determining to perform the charging adjustment; and performing charging to the battery according to the target voltage.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2019Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.Inventor: Chen Tian
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Patent number: 11529882Abstract: The disclosure describes technology that includes a charge-port capture detection mechanism, which has a mounting base and a capture gate. The mounting is connectable to a battery electric vehicle (BEV) at a location adjacent to a high-voltage, direct current (HVDC) charge-port. The capture gate is movably attached to the mounting base, the capture gate being moveable, relative to the mounting base, between a closed position in which the capture gate captures a charge connector of a charging cable engaged in the HVDC charge-port and an open position.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2020Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Jonathan Matthew Baumann, Dustin C. Selvey, Alexander C. Crosman, III
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Patent number: 11522381Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relates to a charging device (and a charging method), the charging device for charging a battery pack, the battery pack being detachably mounted on a power tool to provide power to the power tool, wherein the charging device comprises: a parameter detecting unit configured to detect a parameter related to a charging current for the battery pack, the parameter comprising a temperature of the battery pack; and a control unit configured to adjust the charging current for the battery pack according to output of the parameter detecting unit to prevent the temperature of the battery pack from reaching a first preset temperature, wherein when the temperature of the battery pack reaches the first preset temperature, the battery pack enters an over-temperature protection state, thereby preventing a life of the battery pack from being affected, By adjusting the charging current, the present invention can not only ensure that the battery pack does not enter over-temperature protectioType: GrantFiled: June 15, 2018Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., LtdInventors: Qiang Deng, Mingming Chen, Xiao Shao
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Patent number: 11518245Abstract: A computer implemented method for managing charge availability of a charge unit (CU) to obtain charge for a battery of an electric vehicle (EV) is provided. The CU includes a computer for processing at least part of the method and for communicating with a server over a network. The method includes receiving, by the server, status information from the computer of the CU. The method includes sending to the computer of the CU instructions to make a reservation for the CU. The reservation is for a user account that has requested a desire to charge the battery of the electric vehicle of the user at the CU or another CU. The method includes sending, by the server, a confirmation for the reservation to the user account. The confirmation is viewable via a device having access to the server via the user account. The method includes sending, by the server, a data regarding a time of availability of the CU to the user account for the reservation.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2019Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Emerging Automotive, LLCInventors: Angel A. Penilla, Albert S. Penilla
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Patent number: 11518269Abstract: A management apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire battery information regarding a secondary battery mounted on a vehicle and vehicle information regarding traveling of the vehicle from the vehicle, a first identification unit configured to identify a state of the secondary battery by applying the battery information to a battery state identification model for identifying the state of the secondary battery, a second identification unit configured to identify a state of the vehicle by applying the vehicle information to a vehicle state identification model for identifying the state of the vehicle, and a control unit configured to control transmission and reception of electric power between an electric power system and the secondary battery on the basis of the state of the secondary battery identified by the first identification unit and the state of the vehicle identified by the second identification unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shigeru Namiki, Minoru Uoshima, Makoto Nishigaki
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Patent number: 11518265Abstract: The invention relates to a method for aging-optimized charging of an energy store of a motor vehicle, comprising: detecting a predetermined number of consecutive full charging processes of the energy store; creating a use profile of the energy store on the basis of discharging processes of the energy store between the consecutive full charging processes; determining whether the created use profile requires a full charging process as the next charging process, and, if the created use profile does not require a full charging process as the next charging process, proposing the charging strategy for the aging-optimized charging, wherein the charging strategy specifies a partial charging process of the energy store for at least the next charging process, in which the energy store is charged up to a predetermined partial charging limit of the operating capacity of the energy store that is smaller than the full charging limit.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2021Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Torsten Stichowski, Ralf Borngräber
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Patent number: 11515579Abstract: To sufficiently exert charging and discharging performance of a cell while reliably protecting the cell, a battery controller determines ?Vlimit which is a limit value for a difference between a CCV and an OCV of a cell module, which is a secondary cell, and determines at least one of an upper limit voltage and a lower limit voltage of the cell module. An allowable current of the cell module is calculated based on the ?Vlimit and at least one of the upper limit voltage and the lower limit voltage determined in this manner.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2016Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: VEHICLE ENERGY JAPAN, INC.Inventors: Kei Sakabe, Keiichiro Ohkawa, Ryohhei Nakao, Masahiro Yonemoto
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Patent number: 11502531Abstract: This application provides a method and a device for estimating a remaining charging time of a battery, and a battery management system. The method includes: determining a minimum charging time of each type of battery cell at a Kth charging phase based on a charge request current value of each type of battery cell at the Kth charging phase; and determining the remaining charging time of the battery when the Kth charging phase of any type of battery cell in the battery is a target state-of-charge phase, where the remaining charging time of the battery is a smallest one of accumulation values, each accumulation value being an accumulation of minimum charging times of a type of battery cell in the battery at all charging phases.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2021Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Shuting Sun, Haijiang Wang, Wei Zhao
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Patent number: 11498454Abstract: A power battery cooling system of an electric vehicle, including: a cooling circuit configured for cooling a power battery of the electric vehicle; a solar sunroof; and a sunroof control unit configured for controlling the operation of the cooling circuit and the electric energy output of the solar sunroof; wherein the sunroof control unit is configured to start a power battery cooling operation based on the solar sunroof in the condition that the power battery is not in a high voltage output state and the temperature of the power battery is higher than a temperature threshold, the power battery cooling operation including: controlling the solar sunroof to output electric energy to the cooling circuit so that the cooling circuit performs the cooling of the power battery using the electric energy from the solar sunroof.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2019Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Volvo Car CorporationInventors: Haibo Liang, Jia Li, Tao Zhang
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Patent number: 11489226Abstract: A battery pack for an electric work vehicle includes: a box-shaped housing; a transport wheel provided to the housing; a transport handle; a bracket fixed to the housing; a swing shaft for swingably connecting the transport handle and the bracket, between a vertical posture in which the transport handle extends upward from the housing and a horizontal posture in which the transport handle lies above the housing; and a vertical socket for receiving a base end part of the transport handle of the vertical posture to resist a torque of the transport handle caused during an operation.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventor: Masahiro Yamada
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Patent number: 11479197Abstract: A method to charge a personal-protection-device energy store for operating a personal protection device of a vehicle. The method includes a step of reading in a voltage value of a source energy store of the vehicle. In addition, the method includes a step of ascertaining a charging current for charging the personal-protection-device energy store with power from the source energy store, the charging current being ascertained, using the voltage value read in; and using the charging current for charging the personal-protection-device energy store.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2018Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Florian Grasi, Hartmut Schumacher
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Patent number: 11472301Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods including a first pair of redundant temperature sensors proximate a first plug; a second pair of redundant temperature sensors proximate a second plug; a first microcontroller connected to a plugsense line and a ground line, where the first microcontroller may be configured to receive temperature data from the first pair of redundant temperature sensors and the second pair of redundant temperature sensors; and a first switch configured to receive a data packet comprising temperature data from the first pair of redundant temperature sensors and the second pair of redundant temperature sensors, where the first switch transmits the data packet by lowering voltage in the plugsense line.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2020Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: WEBASTO CHARGING SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Varundeep Singh, Peter Gabrielsson
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Patent number: 11469602Abstract: A control circuit module and a control method thereof are provided. The method includes enabling a first discharge circuit by a controller, instructing a first battery cell of a battery module to operate in a ship mode, and disabling the first discharge circuit.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2018Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: GETAC TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventor: Wen-huan Yu
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Patent number: 11462942Abstract: A system for providing power inductively to a portable device is disclosed. The system a primary coil, a drive circuit, a sense circuit, and a communication and control circuit. The communication and control circuit is configured to perform operations, including detection of communication and drive circuit operations. A portable device that includes a receiver unit coupled to a battery and configured to receive inductive power from an inductive charging system including a base unit with a primary coil and associated circuit is also disclosed. The receiver unit includes a receiver coil, a ferrite layer, and a receiver circuit. The receiver circuit includes a receiver communication and control circuit to modulate current in the receiver coil to communicate with a base unit while the receiver circuit is being powered by the inductive charging system.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2022Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: Mojo Mobility, Inc.Inventors: Afshin Partovi, Michael Sears
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Patent number: 11453308Abstract: A system for charging electric vehicles (EVs) includes at least one transportable battery-energy-storage DC systems (BESDCS), at least one renewable direct-current (DC) power supply station at a first location. The system also includes at least one DC charging station for charging of the at least one EV at a second location different from the first location. The system further includes at least one electric tanker transport comprising at least one electric truck vehicle configured to be coupled to the at least one BESDCS. The electric tanker transport is configured to transport the at least one BESDCS from the first location to the second location for charging of the at least one EV and transport the at least one BESDCS from the second location to the first location for charging the at least one BESDCS from renewable DC power supply station.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2021Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: StorEdgeAI LLCInventor: Ranjan Kumar Gupta
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Patent number: 11456608Abstract: An electronic device includes a battery, a charging integrated circuit (IC) configured to control a charging state of the battery, a connector pin for receiving power from an external device, the connector pin including a first connector pin for receiving a high potential voltage from the external device and a second connector pin for receiving a low potential voltage from the external device, a touch sensor, and a controller. The controller receives power from the external device through the connector pin based on the detection of the external device being connected to the connector pin, charges the battery using a high potential voltage, detects a user input through the touch sensor while the battery is charged, and stops the charging of the battery and outputs a current corresponding to state information of the electronic device through the first connector pin based on the detection of the given user input.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Daesun Rhee, Jonghyuk Cho, Donghun Heo
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Patent number: 11456607Abstract: A rechargeable hexagonal battery for electronic devices is disclosed. The battery includes an outer casing, protecting one or more electronic components. The battery includes a plurality of sides configured with at least six sides. The battery includes at least six points of intersection between one or more of the sides. The battery includes a power button affixed to the casing. The battery includes a charging port positioned on a bottom end of the casing to provide a recharge.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Inventor: Scott Reimann
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Patent number: 11451074Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a wireless charging coil disposed inside the housing, a fan disposed inside the housing and in proximity to the coil, a temperature sensor disposed inside the housing and in proximity to the coil, a wireless charging circuit having the coil and configured to transmit power wirelessly to an external device via the coil, and a control circuit electrically connected to the fan, the temperature sensor, and the wireless charging circuit. The control circuit may be configured to receive a signal from the external device, receive data related to a temperature of the coil from the temperature sensor, and control the fan at least partially on the basis of at least one of the signal and the data.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kihyun Kim, Kyungha Koo, Wooram Lee, Changhyung Lee, Jihye Kim, Jihong Kim, Yunjeong Noh, Seho Park, Kumjong Sun, Ju-Hyang Lee, Mincheol Ha, Sangmoo Hwangbo
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Patent number: 11447019Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a power storage device, a drive device, a system main relay attached to a power line, and a charge circuit connected to the power line on a side of the drive device from the system main relay. The vehicle control device turns off the system main relay in a power shortage of the power storage device, and store a power shortage state of the power storage device to prohibit reactivation of the system. The vehicle control device, when charging of the power storage device using the charge circuit is requested, determines whether the power shortage state of the power storage device is stored, and when the power shortage state of the power storage device is stored, releases prohibition of system reactivation when an output limit of the power storage device reaches predetermined electric power or more due to charging.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masaru Kimura