Patents by Inventor Tyler Underhill

Tyler Underhill 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).

  • Battery state-of-charge aggregation method
    Patent number: 9588184
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure may include a method of managing a state of charge of a battery having a plurality of battery cells. The method may include calculating an individual state of charge for each battery cell, calculating an average state of charge for the battery cells, defining a minimum and a maximum average state of charge threshold, and calculating an overall state of charge for the battery such that when the average state of charge is below the minimum threshold, the overall state of charge is calculated based on the state of charge of a subset of battery cells having the lowest state of charge, and when the average state of charge is above the maximum threshold, the overall state of charge is calculated based on the state of charge of a subset of battery cells having the highest state of charge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: NUVERA FUEL CELLS, INC.
    Inventors: Tyler Underhill, Pierre-Francois Quet
  • Battery State-of-Charge Aggregation Method
    Publication number: 20140324370
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure may include a method of managing a state of charge of a battery having a plurality of battery cells. The method may include calculating an individual state of charge for each battery cell, calculating an average state of charge for the battery cells, defining a minimum and a maximum average state of charge threshold, and calculating an overall state of charge for the battery such that when the average state of charge is below the minimum threshold, the overall state of charge is calculated based on the state of charge of a subset of battery cells having the lowest state of charge, and when the average state of charge is above the maximum threshold, the overall state of charge is calculated based on the state of charge of a subset of battery cells having the highest state of charge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Nuvera Fuel Cells, Inc.
    Inventors: Tyler Underhill, Pierre-Francois Quet