Automobile Patents (Class 307/10.1)
  • Patent number: 11926707
    Abstract: A preparation method of a zeolite/polyimide composite membrane includes: synthesizing a zeolite-doped polyamic acid precursor casting solution by condensation polymerization synthesis; coating a substrate with the obtained casting solution, and obtaining a zeolite/polyamic acid composite porous membrane by non-solvent induced phase separation; and obtaining the zeolite/polyimide composite membrane by performing thermal imidization on the zeolite/polyamic acid composite porous membrane through gradient heating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Xiang Wang, Danxia Chen, Yanling Li, Jun Wang, Xiaoli Yang, Huajun Duan
  • Patent number: 11919382
    Abstract: An electrically driven vehicle includes a floor panel, a tunnel section, an electrical storage device, and an electric power line. The tunnel section is formed in a vehicle forward/rearward direction in a central portion of the floor panel in a vehicle width direction. The electrical storage device is disposed behind the tunnel section of the vehicle above the floor panel. The electric power line is disposed below the tunnel section and connected to the electrical storage device. The tunnel section has an opening portion formed in a rear end portion of the tunnel section located in front of the electrical storage device of the vehicle and through which the electric power line is inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunori Mukumoto, Tetsuya Sugizaki, Hirotaka Hayakawa, Daichi Yamanaka, Ryoji Ando, Shinya Nakayama
  • Patent number: 11923722
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods to provide continuous power to electrical devices using a portable power supply unit and a portable power charging unit. The portable power supply unit may include a first battery providing a first DC output, at least one first inverter for converting said first DC output to a first AC output for powering the electrical devices and for converting a first AC input to a first DC input for charging said first battery The portable power charging unit may include a second battery for providing a second DC output, a second inverter for converting said second DC output to a second AC output; and transmitting the second AC output to the first battery using charging ports on respective units such that said second AC output replaces said first AC output for powering said electrical devices, and replaces said first AC input for charging said first battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Inventor: James Doyle Schwalm, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11912146
    Abstract: A battery charging system includes: an electric motor including stator coils; a battery; a charge port configured to receive power from charging stations by wire; first and second electrical conductors connected between the battery and the charge port; an inverter module including (a) inputs connected to receive power from the battery and (b) outputs connected to the electric motor; a third electrical conductor; and a switch configured to electrically connect and disconnect a first end of the third electrical conductor to and from the first electrical conductor, where the third electrical conductor includes a second end that is connected to at least one of the stator coils via one of the outputs of the inverter module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Rashmi Prasad, Chandra S. Namuduri
  • Patent number: 11912129
    Abstract: A panel intended for the cockpit of a vehicle is conductive so that a large number of electrical and electronic devices can be installed inside the cockpit. The panel has a structure consisting of a plurality of layers of substantially equal shape and size, superimposed and firmly coupled to one another. One of the layers consists of a flexible printed circuit board that extends substantially over the entire surface of the panel, or at least over a substantial portion thereof, and that is provided with electrical connectors arranged at positions where the electrical and electronic devices associated with the dashboard are to be subsequently installed. Wired connections of electrical and electronic devices associated with the dashboard are eliminated. This entails a considerable simplification when making electrical connections to these electrical and electronic devices, as well as in the case of subsequent maintenance and/or repair work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: MARTUR ITALY S.R.L.
    Inventors: Can Üstünberk, Luciano Scaltrito
  • Patent number: 11909241
    Abstract: An electronic device to which a drive power is supplied from a battery is provided. The electronic device includes a control circuit that acquires battery information including information related to a status of the battery, a storage that stores the acquired battery information, and an interface circuit that communicates with a management server via a network. The control circuit transmits the battery information stored in the storage to the management server via the interface circuit. The control circuit receives control information related to control of the battery from the management server via the interface circuit. The control circuit controls the battery according to the received control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Junya Kamijima
  • Patent number: 11909223
    Abstract: An over-voltage protection circuit and methods of operation are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes monitoring a voltage at an output of a rectifier, a voltage at an output of a voltage regulator, or a combination thereof. The method further includes determining the over-voltage condition based on the monitoring; and in response to determining the over-voltage condition, regulating the voltage at the output of the rectifier in accordance with a voltage difference between the voltage at the output of the rectifier and the voltage at the output of the voltage regulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd.
    Inventor: Yannick Guedon
  • Patent number: 11901736
    Abstract: A server manages plural vehicles each configured to be able to participate in a DR. A first vehicle is able to transmit power through a power cable. A second vehicle is able to transmit power in a non-contact manner while being stationary. A third vehicle is able to transmit power in a non-contact manner while traveling. The server includes a communication device and a processing device. The communication device is able to transmit a DR signal to each of the vehicles. The processing device selects a target vehicle, to which the DR signal is to be transmitted, from the vehicles in accordance with the priority degree for participation in the DR. The processing device sets the priority degree of the first vehicle to be higher than that of the second vehicle, and sets the priority degree of the second vehicle to be higher than that of the third vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masato Ehara, Daiki Yokoyama, Yuki Takahashi, Tomoya Takahashi, Tomoyuki Kubota, Sachio Toyora, Keisuke Fukuoka, Zidan Xu, Wenfeng Liang, Hiroki Murata
  • Patent number: 11899484
    Abstract: A supply-demand control device is configured to: set, for each priority rank defined in advance, an allowable limit within a range of a value set for a higher priority rank than the each priority rank, the allowable limit indicating an upper limit of the power or the energy allowed to be supplied in response to a demand of the each priority rank while the power or the energy supplied in response to a demand of the higher priority rank is secured; detect the demand for the power or the energy, which occurs in the industrial product; and allocate, in order of the priority rank, the power or the energy supplied from a predetermined supply source in response to the detected demand, such that the supplied power or energy is equal to or lower than the upper limit indicated by the allowable limit set for the each priority rank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Noritake Mitsutani
  • Patent number: 11890899
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a planar-shaped receiver coil in a cavity region, and configured to receive a magnetic field through a carcass ply layer and generate a signal, and an element to receive power converted from the signal. A receiving region of the receiver coil is interposed between an outermost side of a bead core in the radial direction and an innermost side of a belt layer in the radial direction, and the receiving region faces in the width direction. When a maximum dimension of the receiving region along the radial direction of the receiver coil is a length D1, a distance from the receiving region to a nearest portion of the bead core to the receiving region is L1, and a distance from the receiving region to a nearest portion of the belt layer to the receiving region is L2, relationships L1>(D1/4) and L2>(D2/4) are satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Atsushi Tanno
  • Patent number: 11890964
    Abstract: A vehicle includes first and second power supply cords. Positive and negative electrodes of a battery are connected to a first power supply portion and a first ground portion of a first circuit, respectively, by the first power supply cord, and connected to a second power supply portion and a second ground portion of the second circuit, respectively, by the second power supply cord. The first circuit includes a control circuit configured to measure voltages of the second power supply portion as a first voltage and as a second voltage with reference to a potential of the first ground portion and a potential of the second ground portion, respectively. In a case in which the first and second voltages have a predetermined relationship, power supplied from the second power supply cord to the second circuit is set to be a predetermined value or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisashi Senga, Masaya Nishinaka
  • Patent number: 11888388
    Abstract: To provide a high-voltage apparatus control device capable of judging the connection state of a connector and discharging residual charge in a short time. A control device 1 controls an electric compressor and is provided with an interlock loop 4 annexed to a connector 9 for connecting the electric compressor to an HV battery 17. The control device 1 detects connection/disconnection of the connector 9 on the basis of the state of the interlock loop 4 and forcibly discharges residual charge in an internal smoothing capacitor 14 when disconnection of the connector 9 is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SANDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yunhai Jin, Hiroshi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11876400
    Abstract: A backup power-supply device including a control unit is provided. In a case where a main power supply is normal when an ignition is turned on, the control unit controls to turn on or off a charging circuit to charge a capacitor from the main power supply so that a voltage of the capacitor becomes constant at a target voltage and turns off the discharging circuit to stop discharging from the capacitor to a first electronic device. In a case where an abnormality occurs in the main power supply when the ignition is turned on, the control unit turns off the charging circuit to stop charging from the main power supply to the capacitor and turns on the discharging circuit to perform discharging from the capacitor to the first electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenji Kazumi
  • Patent number: 11862374
    Abstract: A current-compensated inductor for filtering interference signals which are transmitted between two high-voltage components of a high-voltage on-board electrical system of a motor vehicle, includes a toroidal, in particular circular ring-shaped or oval ring-shaped, magnet core which surrounds an inner opening, and has at least two busbars for electrically connecting the two high-voltage components. The busbars are routed axially through the inner opening of the magnet core and are arranged at a distance from one another in the inner opening so as to form an air gap. An inner side of the magnet core, which inner side faces the inner opening, and regions of outer sides of the busbars, which regions face the inner side of the magnet core, have shapes which correspond to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hubert Herrmann, Christoph Mehrwald, Jan Sousek
  • Patent number: 11864073
    Abstract: A method for enabling a V2V communications link between a trailer and a first tow vehicle including receiving a towing system activation control signal, transmitting a tow vehicle request, receiving a first tow vehicle response including a first tow vehicle location and a first tow vehicle identifier, determining a first distance between the first tow vehicle and the trailer, and enabling the V2V communications link in response to the first distance being less than a threshold distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Todd J. Brinkman, Ralph David Schlottke, Curtis L Hay, Priya B. Abraham
  • Patent number: 11837984
    Abstract: A system for an inverter includes a first integrated circuit configured to: provide power to a first set of switches, and selectively control the first set of switches and a second set of switches; a second integrated circuit configured to provide power to the second set of switches; and an electric motor being connected to the first set of switches and the second set of switches, wherein, the second integrated circuit is further configured to: in response to an a fault detected in the first integrated circuit, selectively control the first set of switches and the second set of switches, and, in response to at least one voltage value corresponding to a voltage of the first set of switches being outside of a threshold, performing a safe state operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies IP Limited
    Inventors: Mark W. Gose, Mitchell Cohen, Tushar Nachnani, Christopher Klaus
  • Patent number: 11824364
    Abstract: An energy storage system comprises: an alternating-current/direct-current converter; a battery; a booster; a direct-current/alternating-current converter; a power control unit; an inductor having one terminal connected to a supply terminal to which normal alternating-current power is supplied; a switching unit having one terminal connected to the other terminal of the inductor and having the other terminal connected to an input/output terminal; a current determination unit which compares an inductor current flowing through the inductor with a power recovery limit current determined by a user; and a switching control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: SUNGSILENERGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Sung Sil Kim, Jung Uk Noh
  • Patent number: 11811310
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a power conversion system and a control method. The power conversion system includes multiple power modules, and each power module includes a first port, a second port, and a third port, where the first port of each power module is connected to an external device, second ports of the power modules are independent of each other and used as independent ports to output power, third ports of the power modules are connected in parallel to form a power bus and power flow of the third port of each power module is bidirectional.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Delta Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheng Lu, Hong Liu, Wenfei Hu, Jie Kong
  • Patent number: 11791653
    Abstract: In a power supply control apparatus, a control unit configured to turn on a first switch and turn off a second switch when a backup power supply is to be charged, and turn off the first switch and turn on the second switch when electric power is to be supplied from the backup power supply to a backup load. The control unit sets an upper limit value of a state of charge of the backup power supply based on an output voltage to the backup load obtained by subtracting, from an open circuit voltage of the backup power supply, a voltage drop from an internal portion of the backup power supply to an output to a backup load side via the second switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masato Sasahara
  • Patent number: 11780334
    Abstract: A method and a device for controlling the active discharge of a high-voltage intermediate circuit via a discharge resistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Thomas Baumeister, Stephan Brüske, Simon Haussmann, Jochen Heusel
  • Patent number: 11781495
    Abstract: The exemplary embodiments herein provide a dual fuel system with a recreational vehicle electric battery for use with a power generation assembly. The system comprises a combustion engine with a stator assembly for generating power and further having a gasoline pump, an LP shutoff valve, and a carburetor valve. The system further comprises a recreational vehicle battery, a DC rectifier in electrical communication with the stator assembly, a fuel selection switch, and a digital fuel valve control module (DFVCM). Multiple fuels are safely controlled while interchanging power between a battery and the DC rectifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Inventors: Evan Whitney, Mike Roll
  • Patent number: 11762004
    Abstract: A node for detecting local anomalies in an overhead power grid having at least one power line. The node includes a processing unit and a memory, wherein the node further includes: an electric field sensor configured to measure a first parameter related to an electric field around the at least one power line, and a magnetic field sensor configured to measure at least second parameter related to a magnetic field around the at least one power line. The processing unit is configured to: compare the measured first parameter and at least second parameter with historic data stored in the memory to identify local anomalies, and forward data related to the identified local anomalies to a system controller via a communication interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Exeri AB
    Inventors: Stefan Burström, Magnus Karlsson
  • Patent number: 11760216
    Abstract: A portable alternating current (AC) power adapter system for a plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) having a high voltage (HV) battery system and configured for bi-directional charging includes a charging connector including a first 240 volts AC (VAC) signal circuit, a second 240 VAC signal circuit, a 120 VAC ground circuit, and a proximity circuit comprising a resistor, the proximity circuit being configured to wake-up the PEV when the charging cable is connected to the plug-in charging port, and a charging power panel electrically coupled to the charging connector and including a charge plug port connected to the first and second 240 VAC signal circuits and the 120 VAC ground circuit and configured to be connected to a 120 VAC or 240 VAC external load, and a switching relay connected to the proximity circuit and configured to transition on/off to disable/enable exporting power from the HV battery system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Richard A Scholer, Michael J Petkus, Anson Lee, Brandon S Linn
  • Patent number: 11760206
    Abstract: A system for controlling cooling of a power electronics (PE) part of an electric vehicle includes a driving load determiner configured to estimate a weight of the vehicle and to determine a driving load level based on the estimated weight, and a PE part temperature controller configured to change a cooling start reference temperature of the PE part depending on the determined driving load level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Jung Min Cha
  • Patent number: 11752959
    Abstract: An on-board control apparatus includes: a controller connected to a controlled device mounted in a vehicle via a signal line and configured to control the operation of the corresponding controlled device; and a power source box connected to a power source mounted in the vehicle via a power line, that is connected to the controlled device mounted in the vehicle via a power line, and configured to switch between supply and non-supply of power from the power source to the controlled device, wherein the power source box includes; a switch disposed in a power supply path from the power source to the controlled device; a reception unit configured to receive an input of the switching command; and a switching control unit configured to switch between conduction and interruption of the switch in response to the switching command received by the reception unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Mizutani, Tsuyoshi Kontani
  • Patent number: 11752875
    Abstract: A power source system includes a first power source, a second power source, a Direct Current to Direct Current converter, a first load including a vehicle control device configured to perform predetermined control regarding at least one of traveling, steering, and braking of the vehicle regardless of a driving operation performed by a driver of the vehicle, and an electric actuator as a control target of the vehicle control device, and connected to the first path so as to be supplied with power from the first power source, and a power source control device configured to control an operation of the Direct Current to Direct Current converter such that power is supplied to the first path from the second power source in a case where the predetermined control is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shu Nakayama, Isao Yoneyama, Tomohiro Usami, Yasuharu Terada
  • Patent number: 11748523
    Abstract: An unauthorized connection detection apparatus includes: a connected device count determination unit that determines the number of devices connected to a bus line on the basis of a measured waveform that is a voltage fluctuation waveform representing a change over time in a voltage value of the bus line or an impedance fluctuation waveform representing a change over time in an impedance value of the bus line; and an unauthorized connection determination unit that determines whether or not an unauthorized device is connected to the bus line on the basis of: a result of the determination of the number of devices by the connected device count determination unit; and information indicating the number of valid devices connected to the bus line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Yuta Atobe
  • Patent number: 11745677
    Abstract: Power interface control device of a vehicle propulsion battery potential ports to carry out differential potential measurements, a current sensor to measure a current supplied by the propulsion battery and a closed container made of insulating material to which said ports and said sensor are associated, wherein said container comprises connection means to allow a mechanical coupling between the container and said electrical conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: FERRARI S.P.A.
    Inventors: Ugo Sitta, Luca Poggio, Andrea Benoit Abbiati
  • Patent number: 11738714
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus including a control unit configured to acquire a distance between a vehicle and a user terminal based on position information of the vehicle and position information of the user terminal, and generate a command for setting or releasing a remote immobilizer function and a smart cancel function based on the distance between the vehicle and the user terminal. The remote immobilizer function is a function for remotely setting or releasing an immobilizer of the vehicle. The smart cancel function is a function for stopping radio waves transmitted from the vehicle for communication between the vehicle and a key of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsunori Katoh, Hiroyasu Hadano
  • Patent number: 11738663
    Abstract: Systems and methods for improving operation of an automotive battery system including an automotive electrical system comprising a battery system that uses operational parameters. predicted internal resistance of a battery expected over a prediction horizon, and real-time internal resistance of a battery to increase performance and reliability. The battery system includes a battery electrically coupled to electrical devices in the automotive system, sensors coupled to the battery that determine terminal voltage of battery, and a battery control system communicatively coupled to sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: CPS Technology Holdings LLC
    Inventor: Zhihong Jin
  • Patent number: 11736917
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for integratedly managing a vehicle operation state. A vehicle integration management method performed by a server implemented by using a computer may include receiving vehicle operation data related to an operation state of the vehicle from a vehicle terminal mounted or embedded in the vehicle; and providing a service related to the vehicle operation data through a dedicated application on a user terminal used by a user of the vehicle. The providing may provide at least one of an operation report, a parking impact notification, and an accident situation notification based on the vehicle operation data in association with the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: THINKWARE CORPORATION
    Inventor: DaeWon Kim
  • Patent number: 11724610
    Abstract: A circuit arrangement of a motor vehicle includes a high-voltage battery for storing electrical energy, an electric machine for driving the motor vehicle, a converter via which high-voltage direct current voltage provided by the high-voltage battery is convertible into high-voltage alternating current voltage for operating the electric machine, and a charging connection for providing electrical energy for charging the high-voltage battery. The converter is a three-stage converter having a first switch unit which is assigned to a first phase of the electric machine. The first switch unit has two switch groups connected in series which each have two insulated-gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs) connected in series, where a connection is disposed between the IGBTs of one of the two switch groups, which connection is electrically connected directly to a line of the charging connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Moritz Haussmann, Christian Kloeffer, Jan Philipp Degel, Joerg Weigold, Urs Boehme, Stefan Haehnlein
  • Patent number: 11712998
    Abstract: A rear-view mirror and modular monitor system and method include an interior mirror that embeds a modular monitor behind see-through mirror glass. In some embodiments, the system includes multiple cameras, some in the vehicle, bus and/or truck, as well as some cameras outside the vehicle, bus and/or truck, advantageously providing the driver an opportunity to view what is happening, for example, in the back rows of the bus and/or cabin, while also using the mirror to look at objects in the bus and/or cabin that are visible using the mirror. The rear-view mirror and modular monitor system is configured to be easily assembled and/or disassembled when necessary for maintenance and/or to replace parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: ROSCO, INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin Englander, Julian Serer, Peter Plate, Gary Balsam
  • Patent number: 11711042
    Abstract: A motor drive system includes an input portion arranged to receive a DC input voltage across first and second conductors. An inverter is connected across the first and second conductors, and is arranged such that, in a normal mode, the inverter receives the DC input voltage and generates an AC drive voltage. A motor is connected to the inverter and is arranged such that, in the normal mode of operation, the motor receives the AC drive voltage. A first normally-open switch is connected along the first conductor between the input portion and the inverter. A damping controller comprising a second normally-closed switch and a damping means is connected in series between the first and second conductors. When the operated in the normal mode, the first switch is closed and the second switch is open. In a damping mode, the first switch is open and the second switch is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Grzegorz Popek, Stephen Minshull
  • Patent number: 11699918
    Abstract: A power supply switching apparatus includes a first switching unit supplying power from a first conductive path to a first output path when the voltage of the first conductive path is greater than the voltage of a second conductive path, and supplies power from the second conductive path to the first output path. A second switching unit 80 supplies power from a fourth conductive path to a second output path when the voltage of a fourth conductive path is greater than the voltage of a third conductive path, and supplies power from the third conductive path to the second output path. An element unit allows a current to flow from the second conductive path to the third conductive path when the voltage of the third conductive path is smaller than the voltage of the second conductive path, and otherwise blocks a current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryota Hashiga, Masahiko Furuichi, Kenichi Iwata, Hikaru Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11690307
    Abstract: An electrified tractor includes a vehicle body, a working machine, an electric motor, a battery, an inverter that controls input-output electric power of the battery. The electrified tractor includes a control device that controls the inverter. The control device executes a restriction process, a charging rate calculation process and a relaxation process. In the restriction process, the control device controls the inverter such that the input and output of the battery is restricted within a prescribed electric power range, when a state of the battery satisfies a restriction condition. In the charging rate calculation process, the control device calculates a charging rate of the battery when it is assumed that a work is finished in a farming field, as an estimated charging rate. In the relaxation process, the control device expands the prescribed electric power range, when the estimated charging rate is higher than a first prescribed charging rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yuki Sugo
  • Patent number: 11655042
    Abstract: An electric propulsion system includes at least one generator. The electric propulsion system also includes at least one drive engine coupled to the at least one generator. The electric propulsion system further includes at least one electrical device. The electric propulsion system also includes at least one battery integrated isolated power converter (BIIC), where the at least one generator and at least one of the at least one BIIC and the at least one electrical device are coupled, and where the at least one BIIC and the at least one electrical device are coupled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Dong Dong, Manoj Ramprasad Shah, Rui Zhou, Hao Huang, Di Zhang
  • Patent number: 11654792
    Abstract: A motor vehicle has a motor performing power driving and regeneration. The motor has an inverter, a first power storage device with a large-capacity characteristic, a second power storage device with a high-power characteristic, a power converter and a circuit. The power converter has a voltage step down function during the power driving and a voltage step up function during the regeneration. In the circuit, the power converter, with the voltage step down function during the power driving, is connected to the first power storage device and the second power storage device is connected in series between a reactor of the power converter and the inverter. During the power driving of the motor, an output voltage of the first power storage device is stepped down to supply energy from the first power storage device and the second power storage device to the inverter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha F.C.C.
    Inventors: Mahmoud Abdelnaby Sayed Abdallah, Takaharu Takeshita, Tatsuyuki Ohashi
  • Patent number: 11648899
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a sensor module, in particular for a safety system of a motor vehicle, having a carrier substrate, having a plurality of functional units that are arranged on or at the carrier substrate and are electrically connected to one another, wherein at least one functional unit is a sensor, having at least one analog-to-digital converter, having a communication device and optionally having a linearizer and/or compensator. There is provision for only analog functional units to be present as functional units and for the at least one analog-to-digital converter to be connected on the output side directly to the communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Marion Ramon Ewert
  • Patent number: 11642965
    Abstract: A system and a method of powering an external device with a vehicular battery system allow a user to charge electrically-powered devices with the electrical power source of his or her vehicle. The system includes an electrically-driven vehicle which includes a high-voltage battery. The system further includes a power modifier, an auxiliary battery, at least one external device, at least one on/off relay, and a user controller. The power modifier modifies the high-voltage DC drawn from the high-voltage battery to safely charge the auxiliary battery. The auxiliary battery stores electrical power. The external device may be any electrically-powered device. The on/off relay allows a user to turn the system on or off when desired. The user controller is communicably coupled to the on/off relay through a relay wireless communication module. The user controller allows a user to remotely operate the on/off relay and, thus, remotely turn the system on or off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Inventor: Keith Johnson
  • Patent number: 11643100
    Abstract: An in-vehicle display apparatus includes a display device and a display control section that causes information of a vehicle to be displayed as an image in the display device. The vehicle is capable of switching between a driving manipulation mode and a driving assistance mode. The display control section, in the driving manipulation mode, causes display to be performed in a driving manipulation display format, in which a speed meter image and a rotational speed meter image that indicate a physical quantity accompanying the drive force of the vehicle using an indicator and a parameter change with respect to the indicator are displayed. The display control section, in the driving assistance mode, causes display to be performed in a driving assistance display format, in which the speed meter image and the rotational speed meter image are deleted and a driving assistance image is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Genta Shiba, Koji Tajima
  • Patent number: 11643034
    Abstract: A vehicle power supply system and a method for operating the same are provided. The vehicle power supply system includes a main battery and a sub-battery to supply power to an electronic load inside a vehicle, and a controller to control supplying of the power to the electronic load using at least one of the main battery or the sub-battery, by monitoring the main battery and the sub-battery. The controller determines whether the main battery allows entrance into Idle Stop and Go, determines whether the sub-battery is able to assist the ISG, and controls the sub-battery to assist the main battery to supply the power to the electronic load, when the main battery allows the entrance into the ISG, when the sub-battery is able to assist the ISG, and when entering into the ISG.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Sun Ho Choi
  • Patent number: 11639116
    Abstract: A power delivery system for an electric vehicle provides efficient power management for either continuous or intermittent high-performance operation, using a boost stage and an on-board charging circuit. A main battery, configured as a high-capacity power source, supplies power to the electric motor under normal load conditions. An auxiliary boost battery assists the main battery in supplying a high-level current at a higher discharge rate thereby causing the motor to operate in a high-performance drive mode. A charging circuit recharges the boost battery from the main battery during operation of the motor. The charging circuit also maintains a charge balance between the boost battery and the main battery when the two batteries have different chemistries. In one embodiment, participation of the boost battery in powering the electric motor can be controlled automatically according to sensed changes in the load. In another embodiment, power management can be based on timed intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Gogoro Inc.
    Inventor: Yi-Tsung Wu
  • Patent number: 11618310
    Abstract: A hybrid electric vehicle includes: an internal combustion engine; a rotary electric machine; an electric storage device; and a power control unit that converts electric power between the rotary electric machine and the electric storage device, and controls the rotary electric machine, the hybrid electric vehicle being capable of traveling by rotating a driving wheel by using power of at least one of the internal combustion engine and the rotary electric machine. Further, the power control unit is provided below the rotary electric machine, and a heat generation source that has higher temperature than the power control unit, a heat transfer inhibition unit that inhibits heat transfer from the heat generation source to the power control unit, and the power control unit are disposed in this order from one side to another side in a vehicle width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hirotaka Koyanagi
  • Patent number: 11616375
    Abstract: Rechargeable battery systems and rechargeable battery system operational methods are described. According to one aspect, a rechargeable battery system includes a plurality of rechargeable battery cells coupled between a plurality of terminals and charge shuttling circuitry configured to couple with and shuttle electrical energy between individual ones of the rechargeable battery cells, and wherein the charge shuttling circuitry is configured to receive the electrical energy from one of the rechargeable battery cells at a first voltage and to provide the electrical energy to another of the rechargeable battery cells at a second voltage greater than the first voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Lithion Battery Inc.
    Inventor: Peter Nysen
  • Patent number: 11597290
    Abstract: A flow battery system can include at least one pair of electrolyte storage, a first battery stack, and a second battery stack. The electrolyte storage pair can include an anolyte storage configured to contain an anolyte solution, and a catholyte storage configured to contain a catholyte solution. The first battery stack can be fluid communication with the electrolyte storage pair. The first battery stack can also be configured to receive electrical energy from a power source and to facilitate redox reactions storing the received electrical power as chemical energy by the anolyte and catholyte solutions. The second battery stack can be in fluid communication with the at least one pair of electrolyte storage. The second battery stack can also be configured to supply electrical energy to an electrical load, and to facilitate redox reactions releasing chemical energy stored by the anolyte and catholyte solutions as electrical energy to the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: LARGO CLEAN ENERGY CORP.
    Inventors: Chad Jeromy Allison, Michael Falcinelli, Peter Gottlieb, Gregory A. Morehead
  • Patent number: 11584316
    Abstract: A communication system includes a host control device and a vicarious inputting and outputting unit that controls an electric device by communicating with the host control device. The vicarious inputting and outputting unit includes a standard board provided with a first control circuit which controls the electric device and at least one of an input circuit and an output circuit for a standard electric device. The first control circuit has an extension terminal for connection to an extension board provided with at least one of an input circuit and an output circuit for an extended electric device and is provided so as to be able to operate in response to respective specifications of plural kinds of extension terminals, and a specification of the extension terminal is set through communication with the host control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Suzuki, Jun Goto, Hideo Takahashi, Sadaharu Okuda
  • Patent number: 11545823
    Abstract: Circuits, methods, and apparatus that may provide power supply voltages in a safe and reliable manner that meets safety and regulatory concerns and does not exceed physical limitations of cables and other circuits and components used to provide the power supply voltages. One example may provide a cable having a sufficient number of conductors to provide power without exceeding a maximum current density for the conductors. Another example may provide a cable having more than the sufficient number of conductors in order to provide an amount of redundancy. Current sense circuits may be included for one or more conductors. When an excess current is sensed, a power source in the power supply may be shut down, the power source may be disconnected from one or more conductors, or both events may occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Paul J. Costa, Bharat K. Patel, Neal V. Cecil, Timur O. Starobinets, Ruenjou Lu, Dane Oleson, Fei Ni
  • Patent number: 11541767
    Abstract: A vehicle power supply includes an electric accumulator pack, an electric motor, first and second switches, an output determiner, and a switch controller. The electric accumulator pack includes first and second electric accumulators. The first and second switches are controlled between on- and off-states. The output determiner determines whether the first electric accumulator is in a first output state or a second output state, and whether the second electric accumulator is in the first output state or the second output state. If at least one of the first electric accumulator or the second electric accumulator is in the first output state, the switch controller controls either one of the first and second switches to the on-state, and the other switch to the off-state. If both the first and second electric accumulators are in the second output state, the switch controller controls both the first and second switches to the on-state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki Makino, Itaru Seta, Yosuke Ohtomo, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Takashi Kono, Shinya Sagawa, Masaki Komuro, Masakazu Yoshino
  • Patent number: 11535106
    Abstract: A power supply system includes power circuit which connects first and second batteries with a drive motor, and a management ECU which controls transfer of power between the batteries and the drive motor. The management ECU limits the output power of the second battery to no more than a second output upper limit, during combined output travel which drives the drive motor by way of the combined output of the first and second batteries. In addition, the management ECU sets the second output upper limit to a second maximum output of the second battery in the case of the first SOC of the first batter being greater than a remaining amount warning threshold, and sets the second output upper limit to a range extending upper limit which is smaller than the second maximum output, in the case of the first SOC being less than the remaining amount warning threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Oguma, Yasuo Yamada, Arata Ohishi, Minoru Nagasawa, Yoshihiro Kanamaru, Yoshihisa Kato