With State-of-charge Detection Patents (Class 320/132)
  • Patent number: 11660962
    Abstract: A vehicle includes: a battery; a sensor configured to detect at least one of a charging state, a discharging state, or a performance state of the battery; a display configured to display the state of the battery; and a controller configured to judge a cause of discharge of the battery based on the detection result of the sensor, to determine at least one of the charging voltage, charging current, or charging time of the battery based on the determination result, and to control the display to display a charging mode of the battery based on the determined charging voltage, charging current, or charging time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sunho Choi, Seungwon Park, Sungtae Kim, Yong Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 11662387
    Abstract: A system includes a state of charge (SOC) calculation module configured to calculate an SOC of a battery cell based on a measured current of the battery cell and an overpotential calculation module configured to receive the measured current and output lagged currents based on the measured current and respective time constants, output a weighted measured current and weighted lagged currents based on a plurality of weighting factors, wherein a sum of the plurality of weighting factors is 1, calculate an equivalent constant current corresponding to the measured current based on the weighted measured current and the weighted lag currents, and calculate an overpotential of the battery cell based on the equivalent constant current. The system is configured to output a predicted voltage of the battery cell based on the calculated SOC and the calculated overpotential of the battery cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Charles W. Wampler, II
  • Patent number: 11656282
    Abstract: Based on a voltage of a secondary battery detected by a voltage measurement unit, a residual capacity is acquired from a correlation between the voltage and the residual capacity of the secondary battery stored in a memory, and a state of charge (SOC) which is a ratio of the residual capacity to a reference capacity is obtained. The reference capacity is set to a prescribed amount less than a residual capacity at full charge. Further, an information processing unit determines an abnormality of a module based on a comparison between the SOC and an SOC obtained by another method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventors: Yukiko Fujino, Yuta Kashiwa, Yuki Sugiyama, Takanobu Araki
  • Patent number: 11654889
    Abstract: Onboard engine control for vehicles is disclosed herein. An example method includes determining a moving average of duty cycle periods for a power component of a vehicle for recent power load events, each of the duty cycle periods having both on-time portions and off-time portions; and when the on-time portions of the moving average are above a predetermined percentage, an engine of the vehicle remains in an on-state condition, further wherein when a current off-time period of the power component exceeds a value equal to a predetermined multiplier applied to the off-time portions, the engine is placed in an off-state condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart Salter, Zeljko Deljevic, Anthony Spoto, Michael Irby, Ben Chen
  • Patent number: 11653127
    Abstract: A server (16) arranged to automatically detect replacement of a vehicle battery (6) associated with a vehicle engine (5) comprises: a communications device (20) configured to receive vehicle battery voltage measurements from a telematics device (10) connected to or incorporating a voltage monitoring unit for the vehicle battery (6); and one or more processors (18) configured to process the vehicle battery voltage measurements. The processor(s) (18) monitor the voltage measurements in a first time window corresponding to an engine off state and assess when the voltage measurements in the first time window indicate a step change in voltage magnitude at a given time. The step change is then used to automatically identify a vehicle battery replacement event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Bridgestone Mobility Solutions B.V.
    Inventors: Christian Meißner, Martin Marenz, Lydia Hopp, Lily-Belle Sweet, Paul Roeland Verheijen
  • Patent number: 11652360
    Abstract: An in-vehicle backup control apparatus includes a discharge circuit that discharges a power storage unit and a control unit that controls the discharge circuit. The control unit sets either one of a superimposable voltage or a supply completion voltage as an interruption threshold value, the superimposable voltage being set as a voltage condition of the power storage unit when electric power is supplied simultaneously to a plurality of target loads during an abnormal state, and the supply completion voltage being set in association with one of the plurality of target loads. The control unit interrupts or delays the supply of electric power to the one of the plurality of target loads to prohibit the plurality of target loads from simultaneously operating if a charge voltage of the power storage unit reaches a value less than or equal to the interruption threshold value during the abnormal state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hao Shindo
  • Patent number: 11644096
    Abstract: A diagnosis device determines diagnoses one of primary and secondary board temperature sensors as abnormal, in response to a condition that a state in which a primary temperature sensor value and a secondary temperature sensor value deviate from each other by a predetermined value or more continues for a predetermined duration or more; performs torque limitation to limit a torque inputted from an engine to an automatic transmission, during driving in a predetermined travel section based on a predetermined condition, after the one of the primary and secondary board temperature sensors is diagnosed as abnormal; and performs transmission shift restriction to restrict shifting of the automatic transmission along with the torque limitation, in response to a condition that the one of the primary and secondary board temperature sensors continues to be diagnosed as still abnormal after the driving in the predetermined travel section is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Hamano, Yasunori Murase
  • Patent number: 11644516
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to systems and methods by which the lifetime, e.g., remaining life or amount of life used, of variable use items, such as rechargeable batteries, battery relays, vehicles and power tools, can be determined that takes into account the conditions of the use of the item. The systems and methods involve an algorithm that can be described as accumulating points based on the real time utilization of the item, e.g., rechargeable battery, battery relay, vehicle, or power tool, and when an agreed-upon number of points have been accumulated, the item can be considered to be at end of life or end of warranty.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Mark Kotik
  • Patent number: 11635470
    Abstract: An ECU is configured to execute SOC estimation control for estimating an SOC of a battery. The ECU obtains “first voltage” indicating an OCV of the battery in the SOC estimation control. The ECU controls an engine and a PCU such that the battery is charged with an amount of electric power equal to or larger than a prescribed amount, when the first voltage is within a voltage range where hysteresis occurs. The ECU obtains “second voltage” indicating an OCV of the charged battery, and estimates the SOC of the battery from the second voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuya Koga, Hiroki Nagai, Mina Nishigaki, Daisuke Nishide, Ryushiro Tokunaga
  • Patent number: 11635468
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for determining a charging time length of a battery, applied to an electronic device, including: acquiring a current charging state type of the battery in response to detecting that the battery of the electronic device enters a charging state; determining a charging stage of the battery, wherein the charging stage includes a constant current charging stage and a constant voltage charging stage; and determining the charging time length required by the battery according to the charging state type and the charging stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zhenhuan Xu
  • Patent number: 11637440
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a battery management system, and a method and apparatus for transmitting information. The method includes: determining, from a plurality of slave nodes, a fault slave node that communicates abnormally with a master node in the battery management system; selecting a target slave node from the plurality of slave nodes, wherein the target slave node is a slave node that communicates normally with both the master node and the fault slave node; transmitting frequency conversion information to the target slave node, so that the target slave node forwards the frequency conversion information to the fault slave node, and the fault slave node performs a frequency conversion based on the frequency conversion information; and transmitting information with the fault slave node using a frequency after the frequency conversion. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the reliability of wireless communication in the battery management system can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Zhimin Dan, Wenbin Lu, Wei Zhang, Yizhen Hou, Jia Xu, Jiechao Luo, Teng Yu
  • Patent number: 11631872
    Abstract: Systems and methods for operating an electric energy storage device are described. The systems and methods may generate a state of charge estimate that is based on negative electrode plating. An overall state of charge may be determined from the state of charge estimate that is based on negative electrode plating and a state of charge estimate that is not based on negative electrode plating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: ESS TECH, INC.
    Inventors: Yang Song, Timothy J. McDonald, Thiago Groberg
  • Patent number: 11628743
    Abstract: Disclosed are an automobile, and a power battery pack equalization method and device, the method comprises the following steps: acquiring a high voltage inflection point of the charging curve of a battery cell of the power battery pack and acquiring the capacity of the battery cell according to the high voltage inflection point of the battery cell, and equalizing the battery cell according to the capacity of the battery cell. Hence, equalization management of the power battery pack can be realized, thereby improving the use ratio of the power battery pack and prolonging the service life of the power battery pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Tianyu Feng, Linwang Deng, Chun Lv, Siqi Lin, Zihua Yang
  • Patent number: 11623527
    Abstract: Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) technologies are being adopted to reduce peak demand and to take over as energy sources during grid instability. It is necessary to estimate attributes of electric vehicle trips and residual battery charge in order to correctly predict spatio-temporal availability of energy from EVs to form a micro grid. However, it may not be feasible to get the required attributes for all vehicles in a city-scale traffic scenario. Embodiments of the present disclosure and system address the problem of accurately estimating the local energy reserve that is available from parked EVs during a given time of the day. In addition, the system also determines which neighborhoods have the potential to form micro grids using the parked EVs during a given time period. This will help grid operator(s) to plan and design smart grids which can create EV-powered micro grids in neighborhoods during periods of peak demand or during disruptions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED
    Inventors: Arvind Ramanujam, Pandeeswari Indumathi Sankaranarayanan, Arunchandar Vasan, Rajesh Jayaprakash, Venkatesh Sarangan, Anand Sivasubramaniam
  • Patent number: 11619679
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present application disclose a method, apparatus and medium for estimating a battery remaining life and relates to the field of battery power. The method includes: acquiring a material aging parameter of a battery representing an aging degree of a material of the battery; and determining, based on a preset corresponding relationship between the material aging parameter and the battery remaining life, the battery remaining life corresponding to the material aging parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Jiangsu Contemporary Amperex Technology Limited
    Inventors: Jian Ruan, Mingshu Du, Shenzhi Tang, Shichao Li, Yanhua Lu, Wei Zhang
  • Patent number: 11621442
    Abstract: A vehicle battery charger and a vehicle battery charging system are described and illustrated, and can include a controller enabling a user to enter a time of day at which the vehicle battery charger or system begins and/or ends charging of the vehicle battery. The vehicle battery charger can be separate from the vehicle, can be at least partially integrated into the vehicle, can include a transmitter and/or a receiver capable of communication with a controller that is remote from the vehicle and vehicle charger, and can be controlled by a user or another party (e.g., a power utility) to control battery charging based upon a time of day, cost of power, or other factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Inventor: Christopher B. Austin
  • Patent number: 11614495
    Abstract: A battery state estimating apparatus includes: a voltage measuring unit configured to measure a voltage of a battery cell and measure an open circuit voltage (OCV) of the battery cell whenever the measured voltage reaches a reference discharge voltage; and a control unit configured to receive the OCV measured by the voltage measuring unit, compare the received OCV with a pre-stored reference voltage to calculate a voltage fluctuation rate, determine a voltage increase and decrease pattern based on the calculated voltage fluctuation rate and pre-stored voltage fluctuation rate data, and determine a degradation acceleration degree of the battery cell according to the determined voltage increase and decrease pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Inventors: Yoon-Jung Bae, Hye-Jin Kang
  • Patent number: 11607552
    Abstract: A method for determining usable capacity of a battery of an active implantable medical device comprising a radiofrequency (RF) communication unit for transmitting data by RF over a communication period, wherein the usable capacity of the battery enables the active implantable medical device to transmit data by RF via the RF communication unit. The method includes measuring a value for the voltage of the battery which is representative of an instantaneous voltage drop of the battery as a result of a current draw on the battery, comparing the voltage of the battery with a predetermined threshold voltage VBS, and transmitting an alert message to a second device when the measured voltage of the battery crosses the predetermined threshold voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Sorin CRM SAS
    Inventor: Emmanuel Beguin
  • Patent number: 11598813
    Abstract: A state of charge of a battery is estimated by a battery model specific to the battery. The battery model provides a section-wise defined correlation of terminal voltage values depending on state of charge values. Each of sections of the battery model delimits a monotonic dependence of the correlation from others of the sections. By segmenting the correlation of terminal voltage values depending on a state of charge value into sections, each segment within such the section-wise defined correlation of terminal voltage values depending on state of charge values is mathematically spoken a bi-unique function suitable for transformation into an inverse function defined within the section. The estimated state of charge may be continuously refined by an iterative feedback loop including coulomb counting for estimating a battery charge value, where refined estimated battery charge values state of charge values at a previous cycle are projected forward to the current cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG
    Inventors: Tibor Debreceni, Gergely György Balazs, Peter Szabo
  • Patent number: 11600867
    Abstract: A vehicle battery charger and a vehicle battery charging system are described and illustrated, and can include a controller enabling a user to enter a time of day at which the vehicle battery charger or system begins and/or ends charging of the vehicle battery. The vehicle battery charger can be separate from the vehicle, can be at least partially integrated into the vehicle, can include a transmitter and/or a receiver capable of communication with a controller that is remote from the vehicle and vehicle charger, and can be controlled by a user or another party (e.g., a power utility) to control battery charging based upon a time of day, cost of power, or other factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Inventor: Christopher B. Austin
  • Patent number: 11597287
    Abstract: Vehicles that are capable of connecting to the AC grid are described that comprise a prime mover and at least one motor generator. In one embodiment, a vehicle may be constructed as a plug-in hybrid system and using the powertrain under controller instruction to either place power on an AC power line (to service AC grids) or to draw power from the AC power line to add electrical energy to the batteries on the vehicle. In some aspects, vehicles may test whether the power needed to service the AC power line may be satisfied by the on-vehicle batteries or, if not, whether and how much power to extract from the prime mover. In some aspects, vehicles may have a thermal management system on board to dynamically supply desired heat dissipation for the powertrain, if the powertrain is using the prime mover to supply power to the AC grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: CUMMINS ELECTRIFIED POWER NA INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Frank, Chan-Chiao Lin, Patrick Kaufman, Sean Fountain, Bram Bonsen
  • Patent number: 11594768
    Abstract: A vehicle battery charger and a vehicle battery charging system are described and illustrated, and can include a controller enabling a user to enter a time of day at which the vehicle battery charger or system begins and/or ends charging of the vehicle battery. The vehicle battery charger can be separate from the vehicle, can be at least partially integrated into the vehicle, can include a transmitter and/or a receiver capable of communication with a controller that is remote from the vehicle and vehicle charger, and can be controlled by a user or another party (e.g., a power utility) to control battery charging based upon a time of day, cost of power, or other factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Inventor: Christopher B. Austin
  • Patent number: 11594769
    Abstract: A vehicle battery charger and a vehicle battery charging system are described and illustrated, and can include a controller enabling a user to enter a time of day at which the vehicle battery charger or system begins and/or ends charging of the vehicle battery. The vehicle battery charger can be separate from the vehicle, can be at least partially integrated into the vehicle, can include a transmitter and/or a receiver capable of communication with a controller that is remote from the vehicle and vehicle charger, and can be controlled by a user or another party (e.g., a power utility) to control battery charging based upon a time of day, cost of power, or other factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Inventor: Christopher B. Austin
  • Patent number: 11594898
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for preventing overcharge of a secondary battery that prevents the overcharge of a Starting Lighting Ignition (SLI) battery, which can be applied to both a regulated system with a voltage regulator and an unregulated system without a voltage regulator, by regulating the voltage applied to the cell assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Jung-Hyun Nam, Jeong-Wook Kim, Wong-Ki Yoon, Suk-Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 11592467
    Abstract: An input circuit for reading in an analog input signal of a sensor comprises: first and second input ports connectable to the sensor; a first current-measuring signal converter connected to the first input port and comprising a current-measuring apparatus to determine a first output signal from the analog input signal; a current-limiting apparatus inside the first current-measuring signal converter for limiting a maximum current flowing through the first current-measuring signal converter; and a second current-measuring signal converter connected to the second input port and comprising a current-measuring apparatus to determine a second output signal from the analog input signal, wherein the first and second current-measuring signal converters are connected in series; and a testing apparatus for comparing the first and second output signals to detect faults of the first and second current-measuring signal converters in response to deviations between the first and second output signals exceeding a limit value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Pilz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Richard Veil, Bernd Harrer
  • Patent number: 11588191
    Abstract: A vehicle battery charger and a vehicle battery charging system are described and illustrated, and can include a controller enabling a user to enter a time of day at which the vehicle battery charger or system begins and/or ends charging of the vehicle battery. The vehicle battery charger can be separate from the vehicle, can be at least partially integrated into the vehicle, can include a transmitter and/or a receiver capable of communication with a controller that is remote from the vehicle and vehicle charger, and can be controlled by a user or another party (e.g., a power utility) to control battery charging based upon a time of day, cost of power, or other factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Inventor: Christopher B. Austin
  • Patent number: 11585307
    Abstract: A vehicle determines a first resistance of a starter motor and a starter cable connected thereto based at least in part on the first voltage of a power source. The vehicle determines a predicted minimum battery voltage based at least in part on the first resistance of the starter motor and the starter cable. The vehicle, in response to the predicted minimum battery voltage satisfying a threshold, enables a vehicle stop-start function, and, in response to the predicted minimum battery voltage failing to satisfy the threshold, disables the vehicle stop-start function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Hanyang B. Chen, Ravi Atluru, Michael J. Irby
  • Patent number: 11580527
    Abstract: Digital transaction apparatus including a Data Assistance Device (DAD), including a user interface that is operable to at least select data, and a DAD transmitter, a Digital Transaction Card (DTC), including a Digital Transaction Processing Unit (DTPU), and a DTC receiver, wherein the DAD and DTC are operable to transfer data from the DAD to the DTC and when subsequently using the DTC to effect a digital transaction, the DTC operates in accordance with the data selected and transferred from the DAD to the DTC, wherein the digital transaction apparatus further includes a remaining battery life estimation system operable to detect an occurrence of at least one electrical event and to measure the duration of the at least one electrical event, each electrical event having an associated power usage amount, and, subsequent to detection of an occurrence of an at least one electrical event, the remaining battery life estimation system calculates the total energy usage using the associated power usage amount in respec
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Xard Group Pty Ltd.
    Inventor: Robert Wilson
  • Patent number: 11571971
    Abstract: A control device that controls charging/discharging of a secondary battery mounted on a vehicle includes: a detection unit configured to detect start of deriving of a deterioration state of the secondary battery; and a control unit configured to control charging/discharging of the secondary battery such that a charging rate of the secondary battery is equal to or higher than a first predetermined value and equal to or lower than a second predetermined value in a state in which the vehicle is parked and is connected to an external power supply in a case in which start of deriving of the deterioration state has been detected by the detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiichiro Homma, Yusaku Amari
  • Patent number: 11575273
    Abstract: A method and apparatus (100) are provided for charging a vehicle battery (108). The apparatus (100) includes a controller (102) designed to influence a charging process of the vehicle battery (108). The apparatus (100) further has a switching device (104) to transmit a signal to the controller (102) in response to operation of the switching device (104) by a user. The controller (102) is designed to influence the vehicle battery (108) before the charging process in response to receiving the signal depending on at least one desired state for the charging process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Dr, Ing. h. c. F. Porsche AG
    Inventor: Thomas Rauner
  • Patent number: 11573272
    Abstract: A method for calculating the process capacity at a specific temperature of a lithium secondary battery includes a correction to a process capacity (Q3) at a specific temperature (T2) is performed using a value (Q1?Q2) obtained by subtracting the charge capacity (Q2) at the time of the shipping charge from the discharge capacity (Q1) measured at a discharge temperature (T1). A system for calculating a process capacity of a lithium secondary battery is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Kyu Park, Jeong Min Ha, Jeong Taik Lee, Min Hae Kim, Go Eun Lee
  • Patent number: 11575271
    Abstract: The disclosure provides state-of-charge (SOC) and state-of-health (SOH) estimation methods of a battery pack. The SOC estimation method of the battery pack includes the following steps. First, a current resting time, a current battery temperature, and a current measured open circuit voltage corresponding to a current initial power-on time of the battery pack are obtained. Next, an SOC value corresponding to the current initial power-on time is determined according to the obtained current resting time, current battery temperature, current measured open circuit voltage, and a relational expression between an open circuit voltage, a resting time, a battery temperature, and an SOC value at predetermined different battery temperatures, so that the battery pack can be characterized according to the obtained SOC value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: CALB Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu Zhao, Lei Wang
  • Patent number: 11567136
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for monitoring an internet-of-things (IoT) battery device (IBD). An example IBD includes a radio transceiver to communicate with an IoT charging device (ICD), a battery, and a battery monitor to determine a state of charge for the battery. An alerter is included to send an alert message to the ICD, via the radio transceiver, to indicate that the SoCh is less than an alert threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Tahoe Research, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wael Guibene, John Brady, Keith Nolan, Mark Kelly, Cliodhna Ni Scanaill
  • Patent number: 11570748
    Abstract: In one example embodiment, a power storage management system includes a user terminal, a power storage apparatus and an information processing apparatus. In one example embodiment, the information processing apparatus is configured to, using a mobile communication network (e.g., Global System for Mobile Communications or the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System), communicate with the power storage apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Noma, Tomoyuki Ono, Hiroshi Kawashima, Kayoko Tanaka, Ryoki Honjo, Shigeru Tajima, Daisuke Yamazaki, Kazumi Sato, Yoshihito Ishibashi
  • Patent number: 11560067
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for processing battery cell voltage data, which calculate a moving average by assigning a weight to one or more voltage data acquired from the battery cell and reflect the acquired voltage data to the calculated moving average and use the voltage data to rapidly follow a sudden change of the voltage data applied from the battery cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Inventors: Jun Cheol Park, Keunwook Lee
  • Patent number: 11560060
    Abstract: A power supply device is provided with a disconnection means (AND element) for forcibly disconnecting a battery module from a series connection regardless of a gate signal. The power supply device forcibly disconnects partial battery modules from the series connection by the disconnection means (AND element) during powering by a power supply output, thereby performing control so that the accumulated discharge current amounts thereof per unit time become smaller than those of the other battery modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO
    Inventors: Shigeaki Goto, Naoki Yanagizawa, Kyosuke Tanemura, Shuji Tomura
  • Patent number: 11561260
    Abstract: A used secondary battery module management system server manages a manufacture of a battery assembly. The server stores, in a memory, a correspondence relationship of each of secondary battery modules among identification information, ranks, and status information. The server extracts an available rank from the ranks in response to a rebuilding request for the battery assembly. The available rank is a rank in which the number of the secondary battery modules having the status information indicating that the secondary battery modules are available is equal to or larger than the number of the secondary battery modules required to constitute the battery assembly. The server receives, from an external terminal, the identification information on each of selection secondary battery modules having an identical rank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Goto, Haruki Tanaka, Mayu Iida, Hiroyasu Suzuki, Nobuo Yamamoto, Shogo Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11548391
    Abstract: An apparatus structured to control an electric vehicle accessory of an electric vehicle during a charge event includes a controller communicatively coupled to a battery and an electric vehicle accessory. The controller is structured to determine that the battery of an electric vehicle is undergoing a charge event, and based on determining that the battery of the electric vehicle is undergoing the charge event, place the electric vehicle accessory in an on-state during the charge event, and cause the electric vehicle accessory to recharge by absorbing energy from the charging station during the charge event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Martin T. Books, Richard A. Booth, Erik L. Piper, Patrick Sill
  • Patent number: 11545728
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an electric machine, a battery, an electrical circuit, an overcharge limit device, and a controller. The electric machine is configured to propel the vehicle. The battery has a plurality of cells and is configured to provide electrical power to the electric machine. The electrical circuit is configured to deliver the electrical power from the battery to the electric machine. The overcharge limit device is configured to individually disconnect each of the plurality cells from the circuit in response to an internal pressure of a respective cell exceeding a pressure threshold. The controller is programmed to, in response to detecting a first set of parameters that are indicative of a first of the cells being disconnected from the electrical circuit via the overcharge limit device, discontinue control the first of the cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Xiao Guang Yang, Pratima Addepalli, Bogdan Adrian Bude, Xu Wang, Connor McCann
  • Patent number: 11543457
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present technology may comprise methods and apparatus to determine an RSOC value of a battery. The methods and apparatus may comprise utilizing various parameters, such as voltage and/or current, to calculate the RSOC of the battery. In various embodiments, the methods and apparatus may display one of a first RSOC and a second RSOC. In various embodiments, the methods and apparatus may further detect changes in the relevant parameter(s), adjust a previously-reported RSOC of the battery accordingly, and report the adjusted RSOC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventor: Hideo Kondo
  • Patent number: 11543460
    Abstract: Provided are a battery state measuring method and battery management system, which predict a time point when charging capacity of a battery is to be relatively abruptly reduced. The battery state measuring method includes: monitoring a change of at least one precursor related to the charging capacity of the battery with respect to a number of charging cycles undergone by the battery; and predicting that an abrupt reduction in the charging capacity of the battery is imminent when the change of the at least one precursor follows at least one pre-configured pattern of the battery that has undergone a critical number of charging cycles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Samarth Agarwal, Subramanian Swernath Brahmadathan, Krishnan S Hariharan, Seongho Han, Anshul Kaushik, Rajkumar Subhash Patil
  • Patent number: 11535233
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods disclosed provide for receiving internal information, external static information, and external dynamic information of a hybrid vehicle, and selectively enable or disable a stop/start function for the engine of the hybrid vehicle based on the internal hybrid vehicle information, external static information, and external dynamic information. The stop/start function controls selective activation and deactivation of the engine during operation of the hybrid vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth M. Follen, Arun Prakash Thunga Gopal, Vivek A. Sujan, Pinak Jayant Tulpule, Mugdha S. Sane
  • Patent number: 11535180
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes, by a computing system of a vehicle, determining a first temperature of a control unit of the vehicle, wherein the control unit and one or more components of the vehicle are interconnected through a thermal network, determining a thermal objective for the control unit based on the first temperature of the control unit, selecting, based on the thermal objective for the control unit, at least a first component from the one or more components, and sending one or more signals to one or more actuators within the thermal network to enable a heat-transfer fluid to flow between (1) a first portion of the thermal network thermally coupled to the control unit and (2) a second portion of the thermal network thermally coupled to the selected first component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Woven Planet North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Srinivasa Rao Damaraju, Paridhi Anang Desai, Steven Son Khau, Marco Antonio Marroquín, Azhar Kamal Meyer
  • Patent number: 11531044
    Abstract: A battery management system may include: a charge control switch disposed in a high current path between a plurality of pack terminals and a battery module; and a controller configured to detect a cell voltage of each of a plurality of cells included in the battery module and a charging current flowing through a high current path, to determine an overvoltage state of the battery module based on presence or absence of the charging current and the cell voltage of each of the cells, and to turn off the charge control switch when the battery module is determined to be in an overvoltage state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sanggu Lee, Youn Gu Kim
  • Patent number: 11526639
    Abstract: A fractional-order KiBaM battery model considering nonlinear capacity characteristics and a parameter identification method includes a temporary capacity portion and an available capacity portion for describing nonlinear capacity characteristics of a battery, wherein the temporary capacity portion represents the power that can be directly obtained during the discharge, indicating the state of charge (SOC) of the battery; the available capacity portion represents the power that cannot be directly obtained, and such two portions are connected; when the battery is discharged, the load current i flows out from the temporary capacity portion, and a power passing rate coefficient of such capacity portions is obtained; and the nonlinear capacity effect and recovery effect of the battery are denoted by the height ratio of the temporary capacity and available capacity portions in view of the magnitude of the fractional order of battery capacity characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: SHANDONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Chenghui Zhang, Yunlong Shang, Qi Zhang, Bin Duan, Naxin Cui, Zhongkai Zhou
  • Patent number: 11527780
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present disclose describes systems and methods responsible for reducing errors in a battery model used in the operation of a battery control system. The battery control system may operate based on a modeled response of the battery derived from the battery model. If the battery model is not calibrated/validated, errors in the battery model may propagate through the modeled response of the battery to the operation of the battery control system. A calibration current pulse may result in a different measured response of the battery than the modeled response of the battery to the same calibration current pulse. A validation technique, which uses a difference between the modeled response and the measured response of the battery to the calibration current pulse as a method to calibrate the battery model, may protect the battery control system from the contribution of errors from an uncalibrated battery model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: CPS Technology Services LLC
    Inventors: Steven G. Rinaldo, Zhihong Jin, Perry M. Wyatt
  • Patent number: 11527900
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for managing a battery are based upon degradation determination of the battery. The method includes determining a charging method when starting charging of a battery, storing at least one of a charge voltage, charge current, and temperature when starting charging of the battery, and when the determined charging method is constant current (CC) charging, determining a state of health (SOH) of the battery by comparing an increase in charge capacity of the battery with respect to an increase in charge voltage of the battery with a CC-section SOH mapping table, or when the determined charging method is constant voltage (CV) charging, determining the SOH of the battery by comparing at least one of an increase in the charge capacity of the battery and a charge time of the battery with a CV-section SOH mapping table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Rak Kim, Jae Rok Kim, Chang Gi Jung, Seoung Mun Back
  • Patent number: 11518265
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for aging-optimized charging of an energy store of a motor vehicle, comprising: detecting a predetermined number of consecutive full charging processes of the energy store; creating a use profile of the energy store on the basis of discharging processes of the energy store between the consecutive full charging processes; determining whether the created use profile requires a full charging process as the next charging process, and, if the created use profile does not require a full charging process as the next charging process, proposing the charging strategy for the aging-optimized charging, wherein the charging strategy specifies a partial charging process of the energy store for at least the next charging process, in which the energy store is charged up to a predetermined partial charging limit of the operating capacity of the energy store that is smaller than the full charging limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Torsten Stichowski, Ralf Borngräber
  • Patent number: 11515582
    Abstract: A vehicle battery charger and a vehicle battery charging system are described and illustrated, and can include a controller enabling a user to enter a time of day at which the vehicle battery charger or system begins and/or ends charging of the vehicle battery. The vehicle battery charger can be separate from the vehicle, can be at least partially integrated into the vehicle, can include a transmitter and/or a receiver capable of communication with a controller that is remote from the vehicle and vehicle charger, and can be controlled by a user or another party (e.g., a power utility) to control battery charging based upon a time of day, cost of power, or other factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Inventor: Christopher B. Austin
  • Patent number: RE49407
    Abstract: A lithium secondary battery pack of the present invention includes: a lithium secondary battery including an electrode body formed of a positive electrode and a negative electrode facing each other and a separator interposed therebetween, and a non-aqueous electrolyte; a PTC element; and a protection circuit including a field effect transistor. The lithium secondary battery has an energy density per volume of 450 Wh/L or more, the lithium secondary battery has a current density of 3.0 mA/cm2 or less, and a relational expression (1) and a relational expression (2) below are established where A (m?) is an impedance of the lithium secondary battery and B (m?) is an impedance of the entire circuit unit of the lithium secondary battery pack excepting the impedance A (m?) of the lithium secondary battery: A?50 m???(1) B/A?1??(2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Haruki Kamizori, Masayuki Yamada, Fusaji Kita