Patents Issued in May 2, 2024
  • Publication number: 20240140235
    Abstract: One or more examples provide an electric vehicle or a device for use with an electric vehicle, including an electric vehicle charging system and method. At least one example provides an electric vehicle with a panel battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: EVJAM LLC
    Inventors: Steven DICKE, Gregg KROMREY
  • Publication number: 20240140236
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for generating and delivering charging current for an electric vehicle in a charging pole with the method steps of registering a first initial process, evaluating the first initial process, starting the charging process as a function of the evaluation result, wherein the first initial process is different from a start command of a user for starting a charging process, and a charging pole for carrying out the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2021
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: ME ENERGY GMBH
    Inventors: Alexander SOHL, Inès ADLER
  • Publication number: 20240140237
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a charging station (1) for electrical vehicles. The charging station (1) comprises a storage (2) for liquefied hydrogen, a conversion unit (3) for generating electrical energy with hydrogen from the storage (2), and a battery system (4) for storing electrical energy generated by the conversion unit (3). The charging station (1) also comprises at least one charging pile (5) for charging an electrical vehicle (6) with electrical energy from the battery system (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Vivian LARSGÅRD-INGEBRIGTSEN, Bjørn BJERKE
  • Publication number: 20240140238
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a vehicle at a charging location, an electric grid intensity at a time period; responsive to the intensity being below a threshold, charging a battery of the vehicle; and responsive to the intensity being above the threshold, ceasing the charging of the battery; wherein the charging and the ceasing of the charging achieve a set state of charge of the battery by a set time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jaret W. Villarreal, Dallas K. Fox, Matthew Hill, Brian Vitale, Rebecca L. Kemph, Shaurya Panthri
  • Publication number: 20240140239
    Abstract: An electronic device and method for management of vehicle-related services based on demand and profitability is provided. The electronic device receives from a service provider associated with a charging station, an input that includes a threshold selling price for a vehicle charging service. The electronic device collects information that includes requests for the vehicle charging service from electric vehicles and estimates a demand for the vehicle charging service based on the information. The electronic device determines a selling price for the vehicle charging service based on the demand and updates a list of active charging stations that includes the charging station associated with the service provider. The update is performed based on a comparison of the selling price with the threshold selling price. Based on the updated list of active charging stations, the electronic device controls a rendering of a map-based user interface on display devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventor: GEETHANJALI ANAND
  • Publication number: 20240140240
    Abstract: One or more embodiments described herein can facilitate electric charge transfer to/from one or more battery cells and/or multi-cell battery packs of an electric vehicle from a second electric vehicle, based at least in part on state of charge and/or state of health monitoring at one or more of the cell-level or pack-level. An exemplary method can comprise identifying, by a system operatively coupled to a processor, based on a comparison of a metric to a historical metric for vehicle performance, a current event that is defined by the metric as leading to degradation of a plurality of battery cells of a vehicle system, upon identifying the current event, determining, by the system, a subset of the plurality of battery cells that is beyond a threshold for remediation, and continuing to use, by the system, the subset such that the subset degrades towards end of life of the subset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Andreas Martin Viktor Ropel, Ben Peter Lloyd, Matthias Yannick Philippe Le Saux, Konstantinos Chatziioannou, Klas Persson Signell
  • Publication number: 20240140241
    Abstract: The present application discloses a method and a model for controlling an energy storage system for rail transit, a device, and a storage medium. The method includes: determining an offline charging-discharging action according to a state of an energy storage system based on an offline algorithm; determining an online charging-discharging action according to the state of the energy storage system based on a deep reinforcement learning algorithm; acquiring a fusion ratio of the offline charging-discharging action to the online charging-discharging action according to a communication delay amount and a delay degree; and fusing the offline charging-discharging action and the online charging-discharging action according to the fusion ratio and outputting a fusion result to the energy storage system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Zhihong ZHONG, Zhongping YANG, Fei LIN, Hu SUN, Xiaochun FANG
  • Publication number: 20240140242
    Abstract: One or more examples provide a smart charging station adapter that converts an EV charging station from a single vehicle charging station into a multi-vehicle charging station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: EVJAM LLC
    Inventors: Gregg KROMREY, Steven DICKE
  • Publication number: 20240140243
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for providing ancillary services to an electrical grid. The ancillary services are related to frequency reserve provision, voltage and/or reactive power control and peak power reduction. The method is based a fleet of vehicles, partly driven by electrical power and comprises a step of changing the mode of operation for the vehicles and thereby altering the available electrical power in the electrical grid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Gridlynx AB
    Inventors: Martin Lindahl, Lars Herre
  • Publication number: 20240140244
    Abstract: Disadvantage of state-of-the-art scheduling mechanisms for Electric Vehicle (EV) charging is that they fail to accommodate dynamic requirements in terms of charging needs. The disclosure herein generally relates to EV fleet charging, and, more particularly, to a method and system for Electric Vehicle (EV) fleet charging by accommodating one or more dynamic requirements. The system initially generates a base charging plan for a fleet of EVs. Further, the system checks if the base charging plan is to be modified to accommodate one or more dynamic charging requirements obtained. Upon determining that the base charging plan is to be modified, the system modifies the base charging plan till a) no more vehicles are left to charge, or b) all of a plurality of chargers have an assignment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Tata Consultancy Services Limited
    Inventors: Kshitij GARG, Ajay Narayanan, Prasant Kumar Misra, Arunchandar Vasan, Vivek Bandhu, Debarupa Das
  • Publication number: 20240140245
    Abstract: One or more embodiments described herein can facilitate messaging to direct electric charge transfer to/from one or more battery cells and/or multi-cell battery packs of an electric vehicle. An exemplary method can comprise initiating, by a system operatively coupled to a processor, a communication between a first electric vehicle and second electric vehicle to coordinate provisioning of an emergency charging between the first electric vehicle and the second electric vehicle. The power source of the first electric vehicle can be a primary power source of the first electric vehicle, and the power source of the second electric vehicle can be a primary power source of the second electric vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Andreas Martin Viktor Ropel, Ben Peter Lloyd, Matthias Yannick Philippe Le Saux, Konstantinos Chatziioannou, Klas Persson Signell
  • Publication number: 20240140246
    Abstract: A method for informing of a battery station (battery replacement facility) includes acquiring information (condition information) about a condition emphasized by a user of an electric vehicle, out of a plurality of conditions for a plurality of battery stations for replacement of a battery (secondary battery) mounted on the electric vehicle. The method for informing of the battery station includes determining at least one battery station, which is recommended to the user out of the plurality of battery stations, by evaluating each of the plurality of battery stations based on the information. The method for informing of the battery station includes notifying the user of information about the at least one battery station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Soshiro MURATA, Hiroshi UMENO, Takahiro NOMURA, Yuya ONOZUKA
  • Publication number: 20240140247
    Abstract: One or more examples provide a smart charging station adapter that converts an EV charging station from a single vehicle charging station into a multi-vehicle charging station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: EVJAM LLC
    Inventors: Gregg KROMREY, Steven DICKE
  • Publication number: 20240140248
    Abstract: A method for characterizing energy stored in a vehicle, where the energy is delivered from an energy source to an energy store of the vehicle, the method includes acquiring information on energy supplied, processing information on the energy in order to establish an energy class of the energy, and assigning the energy that is delivered to the energy store to an energy class. A charging device, a control unit, and a vehicle are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Stephan Demmerer, Christian Gürlich, Otmar Scharrer, Gerhard Müller, Johannes Ochsenreiter
  • Publication number: 20240140249
    Abstract: A method for authorizing a first participant in a communication network, via which a plurality of participants communicate. A respective identification information is associated with each of the participants, the method includes: transmitting the identification information of the first participant to a second participant in the communication network, which is a processing device; checking, by the processing device, whether authorization data associated with the identification information is present in a data structure; and enabling a function of the second participant exclusively upon fulfillment of an authorization condition evaluating the authorization data, which condition can only be fulfilled if authorization data associated with the identification information are present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Marcel DIETZ, Kevin OSTHEIMER, Leonard DORLÖCHTER, Pavlo FOMENKO
  • Publication number: 20240140250
    Abstract: The present systems, devices, and methods relate to managing vehicle battery charging. Payment for charging is preauthorized, and a receipt for preauthorization is sent from a payment management device to a user device when the user device has access to internet or cellular communications. This preauthorization receipt is later sent from the user device to a charge station where internet or cellular communication is not available, to enable charging of the vehicle battery at the charge station. Another receipt is sent from the charge station to the user device after charging of the vehicle, indicating a payment amount for actual energy used to charge the battery. Later, when the user device has access to cellular or internet communications, the user device sends the receipt indicating payment amount for actual energy used to the payment management device, for final payment balancing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventor: Ulf Bjorkengren
  • Publication number: 20240140251
    Abstract: The present systems, devices, and methods relate to managing vehicle battery charging. Payment for charging is preauthorized, and a receipt for preauthorization is sent from a payment management device to a user device when the user device has access to internet or cellular communications. This preauthorization receipt is later sent from the user device to a charge station where internet or cellular communication is not available, to enable charging of the vehicle battery at the charge station. Another receipt is sent from the charge station to the user device after charging of the vehicle, indicating a payment amount for actual energy used to charge the battery. Later, when the user device has access to cellular or internet communications, the user device sends the receipt indicating payment amount for actual energy used to the payment management device, for final payment balancing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventor: Ulf Bjorkengren
  • Publication number: 20240140252
    Abstract: A charge control device includes a processor configured to: acquire a delivery scheduled time of a vehicle and an amount of charge of a rechargeable battery when the vehicle including the rechargeable battery is connected to any one of a plurality of chargers of a single phase, each of the plurality of chargers being connected to each phase of the three-phase alternating current; and control the any one of the plurality of chargers such that the three-phase alternating current is balanced according to the delivery scheduled time and the amount of charge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshihiro SAKAYANAGI
  • Publication number: 20240140253
    Abstract: A system including one or more processors is provided. The one or more processors can determine, responsive to an arrival of an electric vehicle at a dispenser of a plurality of dispensers coupled with a power module of a power cabinet, a status of each of the plurality of dispensers. The one or more processors can generate a schedule to control the plurality of dispensers based at least in part on the status of each of the plurality of dispensers. The one or more processors can provide the schedule to the power cabinet to cause the power cabinet to control the power module to deliver power to one of the plurality of dispensers in accordance with the schedule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Tyler Jennings Bennett, Ben Villagra, Chakri Allamsetty, Preetinder Singh Dhaliwal, Nilesh Darade, Tyler Erikson
  • Publication number: 20240140254
    Abstract: A vehicular battery management system (BMS) comprises a battery controller, a set of battery cells, a primary network node coupled to the battery controller, and a secondary network node coupled to the set of battery cells. The primary and secondary network nodes are configured to wirelessly communicate with each other using frames that share a common frame format. The frame format includes one or more bits and a status of the one or more bits indicates whether the secondary network node is to communicate with the primary network node on behalf of another secondary network node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Ariton E. XHAFA, Torbjørn SØRBY, Minghua FU, Jesus Daniel TORRES BARDALES, Ramanuja VEDANTHAM, Alexis Justine BURNIGHT, Archanaa SANTHANA KRISHNAN
  • Publication number: 20240140255
    Abstract: In an aspect, a system for monitoring a battery system in-flight. The system includes at least a battery pack and a pack monitoring unit (PMU) communicatively connected with a battery pack. The battery pack includes a plurality of battery packs. The PMU may include at least a sensor and a controller. At least a sensor is configured to detect battery datum. A controller is communicatively connected with at least a sensor. A controller is configured to receive battery datum, detect a significant event as a function of battery datum, and transmit the significant event to a remote device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: BETA AIR, LLC
    Inventors: Braedon Lohe, Cullen Jemison, Andrew Giroux, Tom Michael Hughes
  • Publication number: 20240140256
    Abstract: A method of determining remaining charge time in a rechargeable energy storage system (RESS) of an electric vehicle (EV) having an auxiliary system includes determining available amount of energy in the RESS when the EV is stationary. The method also includes determining amounts of RESS energy and time required to achieve auxiliary system steady state operation and remaining RESS energy to maintain auxiliary system steady state operation after the steady state is achieved. The method additionally includes determining time left for maintaining the steady state operation based on the amount of remaining RESS energy and RESS power consumption required for maintaining the steady state operation. Furthermore, the method includes determining the remaining RESS charge time based on time to achieve and amount of time left to maintain the steady state operation and triggering a signal indicative of the remaining charge time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Amirthamshan Murugesapillai, Orson S. Wang, Tommy Sloan, Orlando Ward-Santos
  • Publication number: 20240140257
    Abstract: Various embodiments and approaches are described to minimize degradation of respective modules combined to form a battery pack onboard an electric vehicle (EV). Systems and components are presented to determine a respective operational state of the modules, and based thereon, a first subset of modules can be selected to provision power to various EV components while a second subset of modules can be deselected. Module selection can be based upon a threshold operating condition. A visual representation of the modules and their respective operational state can be presented, in conjunction with one or more alarms and recommended corrective operations. Artificial intelligence methods can be utilized to determine an operational state of a module(s). A module can be scheduled for replacement. Limiting degradation to a first module can minimize degradation of a second module. The various components can be stored in a memory and executed by a processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Andreas Martin Viktor Ropel, Ben Peter Lloyd, Matthias Yannick Philippe Le Saux, Konstantinos Chatziioannou, Klas Roland Persson Signell
  • Publication number: 20240140258
    Abstract: An energy distribution network may include an energy management server connected to a communication network. One or more electric vehicles may communicate with the server via the network. The system may include charging stations positioned along travel routes of the vehicles. The energy management server may generate and transmit a first energy usage plan to the vehicles. The vehicles may communicate vehicle data information to the server. The vehicle data information may include actual energy usage data and detected changes in load and elevation that may impact energy usage. Based on the received vehicle data, the server may then generate and transmit a second or subsequent energy usage plan to the vehicles. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Jory Peppelaar, Michael Masquelier
  • Publication number: 20240140259
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided to control a regenerative braking system comprising a battery, e.g., of a vehicle. The regenerative braking system harvests energy from a braking event. The energy can be stored in the battery, used to power a plurality of devices in the vehicle, or the battery can be preconditioned to provide more capacity to account for a braking event. The vehicle system may comprise one or more electrical loads configured to use power from the battery. The method comprises detecting a regenerative braking event of the vehicle and activating a first electrical load to consume the energy from the regenerative braking event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: David Cox, Shane Keilthy, Paul Nigel Turner, Frederik De Smet, Mario Balenovic, Themi Petridis
  • Publication number: 20240140260
    Abstract: Various embodiments and approaches are described to minimize degradation of respective modules combined to form a battery pack onboard an electric vehicle (EV). Systems and components are presented to determine a respective operational state of the modules, and based thereon, a first subset of modules can be selected to provision power to various EV components while a second subset of modules can be deselected. Module selection can be based upon a threshold operating condition. A visual representation of the modules and their respective operational state can be presented, in conjunction with one or more alarms and recommended corrective operations. Artificial intelligence methods can be utilized to determine an operational state of a module(s). A module can be scheduled for replacement. Limiting degradation to a first module can minimize degradation of a second module. The various components can be stored in a memory and executed by a processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Andreas Martin Viktor Ropel, Ben Peter Lloyd, Matthias Yannick Philippe Le Saux, Konstantinos Chatziioannou, Klas Roland Persson Signell
  • Publication number: 20240140261
    Abstract: Various embodiments and approaches are described to minimize degradation of respective modules combined to form a battery pack onboard an electric vehicle (EV). Systems and components are presented to determine a respective operational state of the modules, and based thereon, a first subset of modules can be selected to provision power to various EV components while a second subset of modules can be deselected. Module selection can be based upon a threshold operating condition. A visual representation of the modules and their respective operational state can be presented, in conjunction with one or more alarms and recommended corrective operations. Artificial intelligence methods can be utilized to determine an operational state of a module(s). A module can be scheduled for replacement. Limiting degradation to a first module can minimize degradation of a second module. The various components can be stored in a memory and executed by a processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Andreas Martin Viktor Ropel, Ben Peter Lloyd, Matthias Yannick Philippe Le Saux, Konstantinos Chatziioannou, Klas Roland Persson Signell
  • Publication number: 20240140262
    Abstract: Various embodiments and approaches are described to minimize degradation of respective modules combined to form a battery pack onboard an electric vehicle (EV). Systems and components are presented to determine a respective operational state of the modules, and based thereon, a first subset of modules can be selected to provision power to various EV components while a second subset of modules can be deselected. Module selection can be based upon a threshold operating condition. A visual representation of the modules and their respective operational state can be presented, in conjunction with one or more alarms and recommended corrective operations. Artificial intelligence methods can be utilized to determine an operational state of a module(s). A module can be scheduled for replacement. Limiting degradation to a first module can minimize degradation of a second module. The various components can be stored in a memory and executed by a processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Andreas Martin Viktor Ropel, Ben Peter Lloyd, Matthias Yannick Philippe Le Saux, Konstantinos Chatziioannou, Klas Roland Persson Signell
  • Publication number: 20240140263
    Abstract: Various embodiments and approaches are described to minimize degradation of respective modules combined to form a battery pack onboard an electric vehicle (EV). Systems and components are presented to determine a respective operational state of the modules, and based thereon, a first subset of modules can be selected to provision power to various EV components while a second subset of modules can be deselected. Module selection can be based upon a threshold operating condition. A visual representation of the modules and their respective operational state can be presented, in conjunction with one or more alarms and recommended corrective operations. Artificial intelligence methods can be utilized to determine an operational state of a module(s). A module can be scheduled for replacement. Limiting degradation to a first module can minimize degradation of a second module. The various components can be stored in a memory and executed by a processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Andreas Martin Viktor Ropel, Ben Peter Lloyd, Matthias Yannick Philippe Le Saux, Konstantinos Chatziioannou, Klas Roland Persson Signell
  • Publication number: 20240140264
    Abstract: Automated vehicle battery health optimization (e.g., using a computerized tool) is enabled. For example, a system can comprise 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 battery health component that, using a defined battery health algorithm and a battery sensor, determines degradation of a battery of a vehicle, and an execution component that, based on the degradation of the battery and a traveling direction of a user of the vehicle, external to the vehicle, facilitates an action determined to mitigate further degradation of the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Andreas Martin Viktor Ropel, Ben Peter Lloyd, Matthias Yannick Philippe Le Saux, Konstantinos Chatziioannou, Klas Roland Persson Signell
  • Publication number: 20240140265
    Abstract: Vehicle battery health optimization and communication (e.g., using a computerized tool) are enabled. For example, a system can comprise 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 battery health component that, using a defined battery health algorithm and a battery sensor, determines degradation of a battery of a vehicle, and a communication component that, based on the degradation of the battery and a traveling direction of a user of the vehicle, external to the vehicle, transmits a message representative of the degradation of the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Andreas Martin Viktor Ropel, Ben Peter Lloyd, Matthias Yannick Philippe Le Saux, Konstantinos Chatziioannou, Klas Roland Persson Signell
  • Publication number: 20240140266
    Abstract: A management method for a power storage device includes: when a discharging request for energy management is received, determining (S172) whether or not a degree of deterioration of a power storage device is larger than a first reference value with regard to a battery lease vehicle (vehicle including a power storage device having been lent); and based on a result of the determination, instructing (S18) the battery lease vehicle in which the degree of deterioration of the power storage device is smaller than the first reference value, to perform discharging to outside of the vehicle in accordance with the discharging request, and not instructing the battery lease vehicle in which the degree of deterioration of the power storage device is larger than the first reference value, to perform discharging in accordance with the discharging request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuko TERASAWA, Makoto Kakuchi, Toshiaki Karasawa, Takeshi Higashi, Yoshihiko Endo
  • Publication number: 20240140267
    Abstract: One or more examples provide an electric vehicle or a device for use with an electric vehicle, including an electric vehicle charging system and method. At least one example provides an electric utility vehicle having a primary power system and a secondary power system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: EVJAM LLC
    Inventors: Steven DICKE, Gregg KROMREY
  • Publication number: 20240140268
    Abstract: Provided are a charging amount regulating device and a vehicle with which it is possible to perform capacity regulation corresponding to a state of a battery assembly, without giving rise to an increase in cost. This charging amount regulating device performs capacity regulation between first and second battery cells constituting a battery assembly. The charging amount regulating device is provided with: a first discharging unit in which a first discharging resistor is connected in parallel with the first battery cell to discharge the first battery cell; a second discharging unit in which a second discharging resistor is connected in parallel with the second battery cell to discharge the second battery cell; and a third discharging unit in which the first and second discharging resistors are connected in series with the first battery cell to discharge the first battery cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventor: Sho OZAKI
  • Publication number: 20240140269
    Abstract: A battery management system for batteries, such as, but not limited to, electric vehicle battery packs and cells, lithium iron phosphate batteries, lead acid batteries, gel batteries, and absorbed gel mat batteries, in engine start applications is disclosed. The battery management system is configured to control the charge and charging of each cell individually. The battery management system may be configured to control the charge of a battery which may consist of a plurality of cells, such as, but not limited to, lithium iron phosphate cells, and in at least one embodiment, the battery may consist of, but is not limited to being formed from, four lithium iron phosphate cells connected in series and a battery management system to ensure proper charge and safe operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Deltran Operations USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward William Brumley, JR., Peter James Shread
  • Publication number: 20240140270
    Abstract: A voltage balancing circuit includes a direct-current-to-direct-current (DC-to-DC) voltage converter interconnecting a first battery having a first voltage and a second battery having a second voltage, wherein the DC-to-DC converter transfers electrical power from the first battery to the second battery when the first voltage is greater than the second voltage, and transfers electrical power from the second battery to the first battery when the first voltage is less than the second voltage, and wherein the transfer of electrical power from the first battery to the second battery or from the second battery to the first battery balances the electrical power difference between the first battery and the second battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Hector SARNAGO ANDIA, Oscar LUCIA GIL, Ruben MOLINA LLORENTE, Antonio MARTINEZ PEREZ, Pablo GAONA ROSANES, Rafael JIMENEZ PINO
  • Publication number: 20240140271
    Abstract: A thermal management module may include a first compartment including one or more of a coolant pump, a coolant valve, and a coolant conduit. A conjoined second compartment may include one or more of a valve actuator, an electronic control module, a system pressure sensor, a temperature sensor, and a heat exchanger. In certain embodiments, the first compartment may be enclosed in a first modular enclosure and the conjoined second compartment may be separately enclosed within a second modular enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Philip John Gregory Dingle, Mark Raymond Rimkus
  • Publication number: 20240140272
    Abstract: A housing for a sunken electric road track configured to conductively provide electric power to a vehicle is presented. The housing comprising: a bottom plate extending in a longitudinal direction (L); opposing side walls protruding from the bottom plate; and opposing lateral flanges extending in the longitudinal direction (L), the opposing lateral flanges extending in the longitudinal direction (L) forming lateral protrusions for providing anchoring of the housing in a fixating mass used for fixating the housing in a groove of a roadway (40). Also, a sunken electric road track comprising such a housing is presented as well as a method for arranging a sunken electric road track along a road.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Andreas SORENSEN, Dan ZETHRAEUS
  • Publication number: 20240140273
    Abstract: A control device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a position at which one or more occupants of a vehicle are seated, and a controller configured to determine necessity of reduction of noise of a drive source of the vehicle based on a distance between the position and the drive source of the vehicle, and reduce the noise by controlling the drive source according to a determination result of the necessity of the reduction of the noise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi TSUDA
  • Publication number: 20240140274
    Abstract: A longitudinal adjuster may have one pair of rails and a drive device for the pair of rails. The pair of rails has a first rail and a second rail, on which the first rail is guided displaceably. The drive device has a geared motor with an output shaft, a motor, a gear unit, a spindle, and a coupling arrangement for coupling the spindle and the output shaft. The spindle is mounted rotatably about a spindle axis. The coupling arrangement may have a flexible coupling which is connected in a form-fitting and/or force-fitting manner on the one hand to a spindle end and on the other hand to a shaft end of the output shaft and is designed to damp vibrations and/or to compensate for an offset between the spindle end and the shaft end. A vehicle seat may have the longitudinal adjuster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Adient US LLC
    Inventors: Ingo QUAST, Erik SPRENGER
  • Publication number: 20240140275
    Abstract: It is provided a height-adjustment apparatus of a vehicle seat comprising a floor assembly, a seat part assembly, a pivot element which is pivotable in relation to the floor assembly and to the seat part assembly, and a drive device which is configured to pivot the pivot element in relation to the floor assembly in order to adjust a seat height of the seat part assembly, wherein the drive device comprises a spindle, a drive motor, and an adjustment gearing which is operatively connected to the spindle and can be driven by the drive motor. The spindle is pivotally connected to the floor assembly, and the adjustment gearing is pivotally arranged on the pivot element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventor: Jürgen Schukalski
  • Publication number: 20240140276
    Abstract: A brake device of a recliner for a vehicle seat includes: a housing having a through-hole through which a shaft of a seat recliner passes; a fixture provided in an accommodation space of the housing to be coupled to the shaft, having a protrusion portion formed on the outer side thereof, and configured to be prevented from rotating by engagement of the protrusion portion and the key portion while being supported upwards; and a release lever installed above the fixture and configured to press, if a rotational force is applied from the outside, the fixture downwards so as to release the engagement of the protrusion portion and the key portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Won KIM, Jin Wook CHOI
  • Publication number: 20240140277
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a backrest for a vehicle seat comprising a backrest frame and a upper backrest adjustment device comprising a support member intended to receive, bearing against a front face, the upper back of an occupant of the seat, pivotably mounted on the backrest frame; at least one first connecting rod pivotably articulated relative to the backrest frame; an intermediate part between the support member and the first connecting rod, pivotably articulated relative to the support member and relative to the first connecting rod, an actuator for adjusting the position of the support member between a retracted position and an advanced position, the actuator comprising a pivotably articulated connecting part relative to the intermediate part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Jean-Marc JUDIC, Frédéric MAZZAMURRO, Fabrice CAMUS
  • Publication number: 20240140278
    Abstract: A child restraint includes a juvenile seat adapted to support a child in a vehicle and a seat base adapted to rest on a vehicle seat. The seat base is fixed to the vehicle seat to support the juvenile seat for transportation in the vehicle. The juvenile seat can move from a rearward-facing orientation to a forward-facing orientation for children of varying sizes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: William P. MCHUGH, Jason H. JOHNSON
  • Publication number: 20240140279
    Abstract: A vehicle seat may have a seat part which can be moved from a usage position into a non-usage position, a seat back, a base, and a seat kinematics connecting the seat part pivotably to the base. The seat kinematics may have a rocker which by a first rotary joint is deflected pivotably on an adapter connected to the base and by a second rotary joint is deflected pivotably on the seat part. A spacing between the base and the seat part can be changed by selection of a first articulation point for articulation of the first pivot joint on the adapter fixedly connected to the base, and/or by selection of a second articulation point for articulation of the second pivot joint on the seat part. A method for assembling such a vehicle seat is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Joachim KAEMMERER, Gregor LUBCZYK, Markus WEBER, Ralph RECKTENWALD, Holger KUNZ
  • Publication number: 20240140280
    Abstract: A vehicle foldable seat includes a seatback unit fixed to a vehicle body and coupled to a headrest and a seat cushion unit rotatably connected to the seatback unit. The seat cushion unit is fixed by elastic force in a stowing position, is selectively switched to a seating position when fixation thereof is released, and is engaged with the seatback unit to be fixed in the seating position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Jae Hoon CHO, Won Young LEE, Jae Won JO, Hae Dong KWAK, Han Kyung PARK
  • Publication number: 20240140281
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to an autonomous vehicle configurable for transportation of either passengers, cargo, or both. The various aspects of this disclosure, which include moveable seat assemblies, a door arrangement, and storage bins, among other things, provide the vehicle with increased functionality and versatility, leading to more efficient vehicle use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Michael John Harmon, Robert Walker
  • Publication number: 20240140282
    Abstract: A cargo locking system for a vehicle, the cargo locking system includes a gate and a pivot bracket coupled with the gate. The cargo locking system also includes a latch radially extending from the pivot bracket. The latch is movable between a first position and a second position. The cargo locking system also includes an actuator coupled with the latch. The cargo locking system further includes a striker coupled with the gate. The striker is movable between an unlocked position and a locked position. The striker holds the latch in the first position when the striker is in the locked position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Fabio Reis, Luiz Hurtado, Luiz Kachel, Marcos Juliano Rosaneli, Paulo Neto
  • Publication number: 20240140283
    Abstract: A vehicle seat system includes a support surface having a first side and a second side that is opposite the first side. A first seat rail is coupled to the first side of the support surface. A second seat rail is coupled to the first side of the support surface spaced from the first seat rail. A seat member includes a first stanchion moveably supported at the first seat rail, a second stanchion moveably supported at the second seat rail, and a member arranged between the first stanchion and the second stanchion. A magnet is mounted at the second side of the support surface. A levitation controller is operatively connected to the magnet. The levitation controller is activated to drive the magnet to repel the member and raise the first stanchion and the second stanchion relative to corresponding ones of the first seat rail and the second seat rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventor: David M. Aller
  • Publication number: 20240140284
    Abstract: A microclimate system for a vehicle occupant includes a seat that is configured to provide an interface between an occupant and a seating surface, an actuator that is configured to adjust a seat positioning that characterizes the interface, at least one microclimate thermal effector that is in thermal communication with the seat at the interface, and a controller that is in communication with the microclimate thermal effector. The controller is configured to regulate the microclimate thermal effector based upon the interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Alan Chewter, Satya Mandali, Mobashar Ahmad, Ankit Tiwari, Tyler Myers, Chad Westerman