Patents by Inventor Kostas Chatziioannou

Kostas Chatziioannou 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).

  • Publication number: 20240149730
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a system. The system comprises a charging station. The charging station is configured to charge an electric vehicle. The charging station comprises a control unit. The control unit is configured to establish a connection between the charging station and a vehicle computer system; receive a message comprising a charging time from the vehicle computer system; extract state-of-health information of a battery pack through the vehicle computer system via the connection established; and determine a charging sequence and communicate a signal to a charger unit to optimally ramp-up charging to the battery pack. The state-of-health information comprises a first state-of-health information that corresponds to a first portion of the battery pack, a second state-of-health information that corresponds to a second portion of the battery pack, and a third state-of-health information that corresponds to a third portion of the battery pack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Andreas Ropel, Ben Lloyd, Mathias Le Saux, Kostas Chatziioannou, Klas Signell
  • Publication number: 20240149729
    Abstract: Embodiments related to a system are described. The system comprises a charging station. The charging station comprises a control unit. The control unit is configured to receive a message comprising a charging time and a state-of-health information of a battery pack; compute, via the artificial intelligence unit, a charging sequence based on the charging time and the state-of-health information; and determine the amount of power necessary to provide a maximum charge to the battery pack during the charging time. In an embodiment, the state-of-health information comprises a first state-of-health information that corresponds to a first portion of the battery pack, a second state-of-health information that corresponds to a second portion of the battery pack, and a third state-of-health information that corresponds to a third portion of the battery pack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Andreas Ropel, Ben Lloyd, Mathias Le Saux, Kosta Chatziioannou, Klas Persson Signell
  • Publication number: 20240149719
    Abstract: Embodiments related to an optimal charging system of a vehicle comprising a first information receiving component, a battery health management component, a charging component, and a communication component is configured to connect to a charging station via the charging component; transmit a length of time for charging by the communication component; transmit a state of health information to the charging station via the battery health management component by the communication component; activate charging of the battery pack by the charging component; establish a bi-directional communication link with the charging station to allow extraction of state of health information by the charging station by the communication component; and provide an update to the battery's state of health via the bi-directional communication link while the vehicle is connected to the charger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Andreas Ropel, Ben Lloyd, Mathias Le Saux, Kostas Chatziioannou, Klas Persson Signell
  • Publication number: 20240154442
    Abstract: Embodiments related to systems for optimal timed charging. The system comprises a charging system comprising a charging circuitry and a monitoring circuitry, coupled to the battery pack that is configured to transmit a charging time to a charging station; transmit the state-of-health of the battery pack to the charging station; determine a rate of charge based on the state-of-health of the battery pack; and supply power for the charging time at the rate of charge, by the charging station; wherein the battery pack is maximally charged within the charging time at the rate of charge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Andreas Ropel, Ben Lloyd, Mathias Le Saux, Kostas Chatziioannou, Klas Persson Signell
  • Publication number: 20240149731
    Abstract: A system and method comprising a charging station and a temperature management system, wherein the charging station and the temperature management system coordinate with each other to extract a state-of-health information of a connected charging system, to determine an optimal charging scheme based on allotted time and required charge to optimally charge the connected charging system, to ramp up charging of the connected charging system by the charging station for the allotted time, to monitor temperature of battery pack of the connected charging system, to predict the temperature of battery pack of the connected charging system during a ramp up charging and to activate the temperature adjustment unit that cools the connected charging system, when the temperature is above a threshold temperature during the ramp up charging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Andreas Ropel, Ben Lloyd, Mathias Le Saux, Kostas Chatziioannou, Klas Persson Signell
  • Publication number: 20240149744
    Abstract: Embodiments related to systems for optimal timed charging. The system comprises a charging system comprising a charging circuitry and a monitoring circuitry, coupled to the battery pack that is configured to transmit a charging time to a charging station; transmit the state-of-health of the battery pack to the charging station; determine a rate of charge based on the state-of-health of the battery pack; and supply power for the charging time at the rate of charge, by the charging station; wherein the battery pack is maximally charged within the charging time at the rate of charge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Andreas Ropel, Ben Lloyd, Mathias Le Saux, Kostas Chatziioannou, Klas Persson Signell
  • Publication number: 20240142247
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a dynamic routing system, comprising a memory that stores computer executable components, and a processor that executes the computer executable components stored in the memory, wherein the computer executable components comprise a first receiving component that receives information of a trip comprising a destination and departure information, and an optimal routing component that determines an optimal routing based on current conditions, user preferences for charging stations, primary user's driving habits, battery's state of health, financial impact, and availability of charging stations at the time of receiving the trip information. At the time of trip set up, the system can make reservations for charging at the charging station requiring a reservation. During the trip, if the system requires a change to the reservation, the system establishes communication with the charging station and adjusts the reservation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Andreas ROPEL, Ben Lloyd, Mathias Le Saux, Kostas Chatziioannou, Klas Persson Signell
  • Patent number: 11661785
    Abstract: A door assist system of a vehicle may handle a remotely triggered operation of a power door of the vehicle. The door assist system receives from an off-board system a door closure signal requesting the door assist system to activate closing of a power door of the vehicle. The door assist system further determines with input from one or more surroundings detecting sensors adapted to capture a surrounding proximate the vehicle, that an obstacle is in vicinity of the vehicle. Moreover, the door assist system refrains from activating closing of the power door when the obstacle is determined to interfere and/or potentially interfere with a projected closing path of the power door. A door assist system, and a vehicle comprising such a door assist system may perform the foregoing remotely triggered operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Volvo Car Corporation
    Inventor: Kostas Chatziioannou
  • Publication number: 20220063426
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a system for wireless charging of an electric vehicle, the system comprising: an electric vehicle having at least a wireless power transfer module and a wireless communication device; the wireless power transfer module being coupled to a battery of the electric vehicle; and a charging station having a wireless communication module and being coupled to a power source, the power source being a domestic power grid; the charging station being configured to charge the battery by wirelessly transmitting power to the wireless power transfer module; the wireless communication device being configured to send signals to the environment for detecting the charging station, waking-up the charging station or activating the wireless power transfer module; the wireless communication module being configured to switch from a standby-mode into an active mode in response to a signal from the wireless communication device; and the wireless power transfer module being configured to switch from a standby-m
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventor: Kostas Chatziioannou
  • Publication number: 20210004304
    Abstract: A method of controlling communication over a Local Interconnect Network (LIN) bus is provided. The method comprises a redundancy master node detecting whether or not a first master node responds to data transmitted over the LIN bus; wherein in case the first master node does not respond, the redundancy master node will act as master node on the LIN bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventor: Kostas CHATZIIOANNOU
  • Publication number: 20200248497
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method performed by a door assist system of a vehicle for handling of remotely triggered operation of a power door of the vehicle. The door assist system receives from an off-board system a door closure signal requesting the door assist system to activate closing of a power door of the vehicle. The door assist system further determines with input from one or more surroundings detecting sensors adapted to capture a surrounding proximate the vehicle, that an obstacle is in vicinity of the vehicle. Moreover, the door assist system refrains from activating closing of the power door when the obstacle is determined to interfere and/or potentially interfere with a projected closing path of the power door. The disclosure also relates to a door assist system in accordance with the foregoing, and a vehicle comprising such a door assist system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventor: Kostas Chatziioannou