Patents by Inventor Ali JOKAR

Ali JOKAR has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11913995
    Abstract: A method of determining the state of charge (SOC) of a battery. The method includes receiving battery parameters for a battery, and based on the received battery parameters for the battery, determining an estimated voltage of the battery and determining an estimated SOC of the battery. The method also includes receiving a measured voltage of the battery, determining a voltage error value based on the measured voltage of the battery and the estimated voltage of the battery, correcting, using the voltage error, the estimated SOC to determine a corrected SOC for the battery, and operating the battery based on the corrected SOC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Karma Automotive LLC
    Inventors: Suvrat Ramasubramanian, Ali Jokar, Jing Hong
  • Publication number: 20230314520
    Abstract: A method of estimating a battery current limit for operation of a battery cell over the course of a specified prediction time. The method includes generating a plurality of current limit estimations by means of a plurality of current limit estimation sub-methods, wherein at least one current limit estimation sub-method generates its current limit estimation based on an RC equivalent circuit model of the battery cell, and determining the charge current limit by finding the lowest magnitude current limit estimation in the plurality of current limit estimations. At least one parameter of the RC equivalent circuit model is set based on the specified prediction time and at least one variable from the set of: a state of charge (SOC) of the battery cell, a temperature of the battery cell, a state of health (SOH) of the battery cell, a capacity of the battery cell, and a current of the battery cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Karma Automotive LLC
    Inventors: Jing Hong, Suvrat Ramasubramanian, Ali Jokar
  • Patent number: 11698414
    Abstract: A method of estimating a battery current limit for operation of a battery cell over the course of a specified prediction time. The method includes generating a plurality of current limit estimations by means of a plurality of current limit estimation sub-methods, wherein at least one current limit estimation sub-method generates its current limit estimation based on an RC equivalent circuit model of the battery cell, and determining the charge current limit by finding the lowest magnitude current limit estimation in the plurality of current limit estimations. At least one parameter of the RC equivalent circuit model is set based on the specified prediction time and at least one variable from the set of: a state of charge (SOC) of the battery cell, a temperature of the battery cell, a state of health (SOH) of the battery cell, a capacity of the battery cell, and a current of the battery cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Karma Automotive LLC
    Inventors: Jing Hong, Suvrat Ramasubramanian, Ali Jokar
  • Publication number: 20220397609
    Abstract: A method of estimating a battery current limit for operation of a battery cell over the course of a specified prediction time. The method includes generating a plurality of current limit estimations by means of a plurality of current limit estimation sub-methods, wherein at least one current limit estimation sub-method generates its current limit estimation based on an RC equivalent circuit model of the battery cell, and determining the charge current limit by finding the lowest magnitude current limit estimation in the plurality of current limit estimations. At least one parameter of the RC equivalent circuit model is set based on the specified prediction time and at least one variable from the set of: a state of charge (SOC) of the battery cell, a temperature of the battery cell, a state of health (SOH) of the battery cell, a capacity of the battery cell, and a current of the battery cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: Karma Automotive LLC
    Inventors: Jing Hong, Suvrat Ramasubramanian, Ali Jokar
  • Publication number: 20220326307
    Abstract: A method of estimating a maximum power limit of a battery cell at a specified prediction time using an improved RC equivalent circuit battery model and based on the battery cell's state of charge (SOC), temperature, and state of health (SOH). The method includes determining the battery cell's peak and continuous current limits, predicting a peak voltage after the specified prediction time based on the peak current limit, determining buffer values for the predicted peak voltage and the temperature of various battery components, setting a maximum current limit based on the buffer values, predicting a maximum voltage after the specified prediction time based on the maximum current limit, and determining a maximum power limit based on the predicted maximum voltage and the maximum current limit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: Karma Automotive LLC
    Inventors: Jing Hong, Suvrat Ramasubramanian, Ali Jokar
  • Patent number: 11454673
    Abstract: A method of estimating a battery current limit for operation of a battery cell over the course of a specified prediction time. The method includes generating a plurality of current limit estimations by means of a plurality of current limit estimation sub-methods, wherein at least one current limit estimation sub-method generates its current limit estimation based on an RC equivalent circuit model of the battery cell, and determining the charge current limit by finding the lowest magnitude current limit estimation in the plurality of current limit estimations. At least one parameter of the RC equivalent circuit model is set based on the specified prediction time and at least one variable from the set of: a state of charge (SOC) of the battery cell, a temperature of the battery cell, a state of health (SOH) of the battery cell, a capacity of the battery cell, and a current of the battery cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Karma Automotive LLC
    Inventors: Jing Hong, Suvrat Ramasubramanian, Ali Jokar
  • Publication number: 20220276309
    Abstract: A method of determining the state of charge (SOC) of a battery. The method includes receiving battery parameters for a battery, and based on the received battery parameters for the battery, determining an estimated voltage of the battery and determining an estimated SOC of the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: Karma Automotive LLC
    Inventors: Suvrat Ramasubramanian, Ali Jokar, Jing Hong
  • Patent number: 11360147
    Abstract: A method of determining the state of charge (SOC) of a battery. The method may employ a transformation technique that linearizes a nonlinear model by converging close to a measured value and thereby estimating the state of charge accurately without affecting the computation time and load on the system. The transformation technique employs an adaptive unscented Kalman filter (UKF).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Karma Automotive LLC
    Inventors: Suvrat Ramasubramanian, Ali Jokar, Jing Hong
  • Patent number: 11313912
    Abstract: A method of estimating a maximum power limit of a battery cell at a specified prediction time using an improved RC equivalent circuit battery model and based on the battery cell's state of charge (SOC), temperature, and state of health (SOH). The method includes determining the battery cell's peak and continuous current limits, predicting a peak voltage after the specified prediction time based on the peak current limit, determining buffer values for the predicted peak voltage and the temperature of various battery components, setting a maximum current limit based on the buffer values, predicting a maximum voltage after the specified prediction time based on the maximum current limit, and determining a maximum power limit based on the predicted maximum voltage and the maximum current limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: KARMA AUTOMOTIVE LLC
    Inventors: Jing Hong, Suvrat Ramasubramanian, Ali Jokar
  • Patent number: 11150305
    Abstract: A method of estimating the residual energy of a battery. The method comprises determining the battery's state of charge (SOC) and dischargeable capacity to determine the battery's state of energy (SOE), determining the battery's reference dischargeable energy (Eref) and total dischargeable energy (Etot), and comparing the state of energy to the total dischargeable energy to find the residual energy of the battery. The various functions of the method use battery current, cell temperature, and state of health (SOH) as variables for consideration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: KARMA AUTOMOTIVE LLC
    Inventors: Ali Jokar, Suvrat Ramasubramanian, Jing Hong
  • Publication number: 20210278466
    Abstract: A method of determining the state of charge (SOC) of a battery. The method may employ a transformation technique that linearizes a nonlinear model by converging close to a measured value and thereby estimating the state of charge accurately without affecting the computation time and load on the system. The transformation technique employs an adaptive unscented Kalman filter (UKF).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: Karma Automotive LLC
    Inventors: Suvrat RAMASUBRAMANIAN, Ali JOKAR, Jing HONG
  • Publication number: 20210247451
    Abstract: A method of estimating a battery current limit for operation of a battery cell over the course of a specified prediction time. The method includes generating a plurality of current limit estimations by means of a plurality of current limit estimation sub-methods, wherein at least one current limit estimation sub-method generates its current limit estimation based on an RC equivalent circuit model of the battery cell, and determining the charge current limit by finding the lowest magnitude current limit estimation in the plurality of current limit estimations. At least one parameter of the RC equivalent circuit model is set based on the specified prediction time and at least one variable from the set of: a state of charge (SOC) of the battery cell, a temperature of the battery cell, a state of health (SOH) of the battery cell, a capacity of the battery cell, and a current of the battery cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: Karma Automotive LLC
    Inventors: Jing HONG, Suvrat RAMASUBRAMANIAN, Ali JOKAR
  • Publication number: 20210231739
    Abstract: A method of estimating a maximum power limit of a battery cell at a specified prediction time using an improved RC equivalent circuit battery model and based on the battery cell's state of charge (SOC), temperature, and state of health (SOH). The method includes determining the battery cell's peak and continuous current limits, predicting a peak voltage after the specified prediction time based on the peak current limit, determining buffer values for the predicted peak voltage and the temperature of various battery components, setting a maximum current limit based on the buffer values, predicting a maximum voltage after the specified prediction time based on the maximum current limit, and determining a maximum power limit based on the predicted maximum voltage and the maximum current limit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: Karma Automotive LLC
    Inventors: Jing Hong, Suvrat Ramasubramanian, Ali Jokar
  • Publication number: 20210063491
    Abstract: A method of estimating the residual energy of a battery. The method comprises determining the battery's state of charge (SOC) and dischargeable capacity to determine the battery's state of energy (SOE), determining the battery's reference dischargeable energy (Eref) and total dischargeable energy (Etot), and comparing the state of energy to the total dischargeable energy to find the residual energy of the battery. The various functions of the method use battery current, cell temperature, and state of health (SOH) as variables for consideration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: KARMA AUTOMOTIVE LLC
    Inventors: Ali JOKAR, Suvrat Ramasubramanian, Jing Hong