Patents by Inventor Robert Clippard

Robert Clippard 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).

  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE OF AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20180297483
    Abstract: A method of controlling an electric vehicle operating on a route includes receiving at a first time, at a control unit of the electric vehicle, data indicative of a condition of a stretch of the route that the electric vehicle will traverse at a second time later than the first time. The method further includes varying a cooling of a battery system of the electric vehicle, using the control unit, based on the received data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: Proterra Inc.
    Inventors: Brian J. PEVEAR, Robert CLIPPARD, David LAI, Dustin GRACE, John GERBER
  • Energy control mechanisms for an electric vehicle
    Patent number: 9352635
    Abstract: A method of controlling an electric vehicle having an HVAC system configured to condition a passenger cabin of the electric vehicle, and one or more batteries configured to provide energy to the HVAC system, may include controlling an output of the HVAC system based on one or more of a charging state of the one or more batteries, a state of charge of the one or more batteries, and an ambient temperature outside of the electric vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Proterra Inc.
    Inventors: Seneca A. Schepmann, Robert Clippard, Tim Stafford