Electric Vehicle Patents (Class 701/22)
  • Patent number: 12269481
    Abstract: An electric vehicle state control device of the present disclosure relates to an electric vehicle state notification device having, as states for operation safety related to parking/stopping, a key-on state in which a throttle is inactivated, a startup state in which the throttle is activated, and a driving state, and may comprise: a driving parameter confirmation unit for collecting measurement values of parameters related to the driving of an electric vehicle; a driving state determination/transition unit for determining the driving state of the electric vehicle from the collected measurement values of parameters related to the driving; and a driver notification unit for intuitively notifying a driver of the determined driving state of the electric vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Hyundai Kefico Corporation
    Inventors: Sil Lo Jin, In Keun Seo, Se Hee Byun, Hyun Seung Kim
  • Patent number: 12271918
    Abstract: A method of providing financial service using financial service matrix based on BEV (battery electric vehicle) residual value and financial service system using the method can include determining, by a dynamic battery residual value determination device, a battery electric vehicle residual value variable based on a value of a battery for the battery electric vehicle. The method can also include generating, by a battery electric vehicle financial product generation device, a battery electric vehicle-based financial product. The financial product can be generated based on a financial product generation matrix, and the financial product generation matrix can be generated based on the battery electric vehicle residual value variable and a battery electric vehicle return option variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: AIZEN GLOBAL CO., INC.
    Inventor: Jung Seok Kang
  • Patent number: 12270666
    Abstract: An order management method applied to an electric vehicle is provided. An order allocation apparatus at a platform obtains information about each commercial vehicle and a location of a safe point. The information about the vehicle includes information about an electric commercial vehicle, for example, a current location and a remaining power of the vehicle. The order allocation apparatus selects a service vehicle for a passenger. When the service vehicle is the electric vehicle, it is ensured that a remaining power of the service vehicle is sufficient to complete a safe driving route, and the safe driving route is a route connecting a current location of the candidate vehicle, a start location, a destination location, and a location of a safe point closest to the destination location. The order allocation apparatus allocates an order to the service vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Shenzhen Yinwang Intelligent Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xiaoyu Zhang
  • Patent number: 12269335
    Abstract: A vehicle is partitioned into a vehicle interior and a front room in front of a vehicle interior by a dash panel extending upward from a floor panel, an internal combustion engine is disposed in the front room, an exhaust pipe extends in a front-rear direction below the floor panel, a heat shielding member is disposed above the exhaust pipe so as to cross the exhaust pipe when viewed from an upper-lower direction, a plurality of heat exchangers fixed to a bracket are fixed to a lower side of the floor panel such that they are located behind the front room, above the heat shielding member, and at least partially overlap the heat shielding member when viewed from the upper-lower direction, and the heat shielding member is divided into a first heat shielding plate and a second heat shielding plate in the front-rear direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Yamaguchi, Go Ito
  • Patent number: 12266954
    Abstract: Disclosed is a power-supplying and driving circuit of an active equalization matrix switch of a battery management system of a vehicle. The power-supplying and driving circuit includes a boost circuit, a constant current source circuit and a driver. The boost circuit includes a first input end and a first output end; the constant current source circuit includes a constant current driving signal output end; the first input end is connected to the positive pole of a battery pack of a matrix switch circuit; the first output end is connected to the constant current source circuit to provide high potential for the constant current source circuit to drive the matrix switch circuit; the constant current driving signal output end is connected to the matrix switch circuit to drive the matrix switch circuit; and the driver is used for controlling the constant current source circuit to output a constant current driving signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Shenzhen Klclear Technology Co., LTD
    Inventors: Liangqin Su, Yunping Hu, Baodong Zhang, Yangyuan Zhang
  • Patent number: 12258735
    Abstract: Disclosed are an anti-overturning warning method and an anti-overturning warning apparatus for a work machine, a work machine and an electronic device. The anti-overturning warning method includes: acquiring a plurality of positive pressures collected by a plurality of pressure sensors. The plurality of pressure sensors are respectively provided at a plurality of supporting wheels of the work machine; obtaining an intersection point where a gravity direction of the work machine intersects a ground based on the plurality of positive pressures; and obtaining an outer contour of the plurality of supporting wheels, and performing a warning of an overturning risk of the work machine based on the intersection point and the outer contour of the plurality of supporting wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: SHANGHAI SANY HEAVY MACHINERY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Lixin Hu, Shouming Li
  • Patent number: 12257919
    Abstract: A system for providing a multi-modal control plane for device energy consumption and charging is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of devices each having a charging mechanism in selective electrical communication with an energy provider which supplies a charge to each of the plurality of devices via the charging mechanism. One or more reinterpretation layers translate the information received from the plurality of devices. A control plane receives the information from the plurality of devices and transmits the information to an aggregation service to collect the plurality of information, interpret the plurality of information, and to control and plan output of energy from the energy provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: FlexEnergi, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Grunkemeyer, Ana Jamborcic
  • Patent number: 12252125
    Abstract: A launch control technique for a vehicle having a torque generating system comprises displaying, via a user interface, information relating to a set of launch torque curves, each launch torque curve defining how the torque generating system is to generate drive torque during a period, receiving, via the user interface, a driver-selection of one of the set of launch torque curves to obtain a driver-selected launch torque curve, detecting a set of launch conditions comprising one or more vehicle operating conditions indicative of a launch of the vehicle, detecting a launch request in response to an accelerator pedal of the vehicle being depressed, and controlling the launch of the vehicle by performing open-loop control of the drive torque generated by the torque generating system according to the driver-selected launch torque curve and irrespective of wheel slip of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: James M Wilder, Christopher E Pueppke, Jeremy J Anker
  • Patent number: 12252039
    Abstract: An electrified vehicle includes an electric machine, a traction battery selectively connected to the electric machine, a human-machine interface (HMI), and a controller programmed to, after receiving a signal from the HMI enabling towed vehicle operation of the electrified vehicle, control the electric machine to generate a regenerative braking torque in response to deceleration of the electrified vehicle exceeding an associated deceleration threshold and road grade being below a road grade threshold. The controller may also be programmed to control friction brakes of the electrified vehicle in response to the deceleration exceeding the associated threshold. The controller may control brake lights of the electrified vehicle in response to the regenerative braking and/or friction braking. Regenerative and friction braking may be released in response to acceleration exceeding a corresponding threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: William David Treharne, Thomas Anthony Vassa, Anthony Paul Magagnoli
  • Patent number: 12246613
    Abstract: A self-propelled, one-wheeled vehicle may include a board having two deck portions each having a concave front footpad configured to receive a foot of a rider, and a wheel assembly disposed between the deck portions. The concave front footpad has a rider detection sensor in the form of a membrane switch conforming to the shape of the footpad (e.g., facilitated by one or more slots formed in the membrane switch). A motor assembly drives the vehicle in response to board orientation and rider detection information. The vehicle may have a secondary battery chargeable via a three-pin charging port including an input pin, a ground pin, and an identification pin configured to receive an expected identification signal from an external charging circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: FUTURE MOTION, INC.
    Inventors: Julian De La Rua, Brady Boone, Daniel James Wood
  • Patent number: 12246731
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a controller comprising: input means for receiving from a communication means associated with a vehicle a request for a first prediction of a first attribute associated with the vehicle; processing means for determining the first prediction of the first attribute in dependence on the request, wherein the first prediction comprises an indication of the first attribute and an indication of a first confidence associated with the first attribute; and output means for outputting, via the communication means, a first prediction response comprising the first prediction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED
    Inventors: Krzysztof Kobylinski, Thomas Osgood, Navneesh Phillip
  • Patent number: 12246697
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to a method and to a control system for a vehicle, the vehicle comprising an internal combustion engine configured to provide torque to a first axle of the vehicle for generating first axle wheel torque, and an electric machine configured to provide torque to a second axle of the vehicle for generating second axle wheel torque, the method comprising: outputting a torque request for the engine and a torque request for the electric machine, the torque requests having a first ratio dependent on a required torque split between the first axle wheel torque and the second axle wheel torque, wherein received first axle wheel torque and received second axle wheel torque have a second variable ratio dependent on a difference between wheel torque response capabilities of the engine and of the electric machine; determining that a trigger condition is satisfied; and controlling, in dependence on satisfaction of the trigger condition, determination of the torque request for the elect
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Jaguar Land Rover Limited
    Inventors: Lee Adcock, David Copp, Christina O'Sullivan, Matt Sullivan, Olivier Roques
  • Patent number: 12249695
    Abstract: A battery control device includes: a charging/discharging control unit; an outside air temperature acquiring unit; and a state-of-charge upper limit setting unit setting a state-of-charge upper limit which is an upper limit of the management range of the state of charge when the acquired outside air temperature is lower than a predetermined air temperature to a low-temperature state-of-charge upper limit which is lower than the state-of-charge upper limit when the outside air temperature is higher than the predetermined air temperature. The battery control device further includes a state-of-charge lower limit setting unit setting a state-of-charge lower limit when the acquired outside air temperature is lower than the predetermined air temperature to a low-temperature state-of-charge lower limit which is lower than the state-of-charge lower limit when the outside air temperature is higher than the predetermined air temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toshiyuki Konishi
  • Patent number: 12240330
    Abstract: Systems and methods for customizing one or more performance characteristics of a vehicle are provided. The systems and methods may be used with electric powersport vehicles and may facilitate expanded customization capabilities and a wide range of operator experiences available with the vehicle. A method of operating an electric vehicle includes receiving, via an operator interface, a value of an individually-variable parameter defining a propulsive performance characteristic of the electric vehicle, and, when the electric motor is driven to propel the vehicle, regulating an output of the electric motor based on the value of the individually-variable parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: TAIGA MOTORS INC.
    Inventors: Gabriel Bernatchez, Samuel Bruneau
  • Patent number: 12244170
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a voltage conversion circuit, a control method, a DC/DC converter and a device. The voltage conversion circuit includes a failure isolation module, a soft start module, and a voltage conversion module. The voltage conversion module includes an output filter capacitor. Both a first terminal of the failure isolation module and a first terminal of the soft start module are connected to a positive electrode of a first battery, both a second terminal of the failure isolation module and a second terminal of the soft start module are connected to a first terminal of the output filter capacitor, and a second terminal of the output filter capacitor is connected to a negative electrode of the first battery. The soft start module is configured to connect the first battery and the output filter capacitor, so that the first battery charges the output filter capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tao Liang, Weiping Liu, Ren Liu, Dong Li
  • Patent number: 12233747
    Abstract: A power system, responsive to a detected change in an onboard charger or a generator, switches a converter from a first conversion setting, in which a first low voltage value of a medium-voltage bus port is converted to a first high voltage value of a high-voltage bus port, to a second conversion setting, in which a second low voltage value of the medium-voltage bus port is converted to the first high voltage value of the high-voltage bus port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Yantao Song, Baoming Ge, Lihua Chen, Serdar Hakki Yonak
  • Patent number: 12237785
    Abstract: An electrical power conversion apparatus is provided in which a heat generation abnormality-state such as an abnormal state of a cooling device is determined earlier in its determination, so that it becomes possible to securely perform a protective operation even in the heat generation abnormality-state. A control device estimates a change rate of a temperature detection value on the basis of a switching-element loss calculation value of a semiconductor switching element(s) calculated at least based on an electric current detection value, and compares a temperature-detection change-rate calculation value calculated from a temperature detection value with a temperature-detection change-rate estimation value, so that a heat generation abnormality-state of the semiconductor switching element(s) is estimated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Ryo Shinohara
  • Patent number: 12233884
    Abstract: A processor unit (3) is configured for executing an MPC algorithm (13) for model predictive control of a first component (18) of a motor vehicle (1) and of a second component (19) of the motor vehicle (1). The MPC algorithm (13) includes a cost function (15) to be minimized and a dynamic model (14) of the motor vehicle (1). The dynamic model (14) includes a loss model (27) of the motor vehicle (1). The loss model (27) describes an overall loss of the motor vehicle (1). The cost function (15) includes a first term, which represents the overall loss of the motor vehicle (1). The overall loss depends on a combination of operating values, which includes a first value of a first operating parameter and a second value of a second operating parameter. The processor unit (3) is also configured for determining, by executing the MPC algorithm (13) as a function of the loss model (14), that combination of operating values, by which the first term of the cost function (15) is minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Timon Busse, Matthias Friedl, Timo Wehlen, Valerie Engel, Christian Baumann
  • Patent number: 12234796
    Abstract: A power distribution management method includes receiving accelerator pedal opening information sent by a hybrid vehicle; on the basis of the accelerator pedal opening information, respectively compiling statistics on a first opening change rate when the accelerator pedal opening is in a starting interval and when the accelerator pedal opening is increased and a second opening change rate when the accelerator pedal opening is in an overtaking interval and when the accelerator pedal opening is increased, the starting interval corresponding to a first preset range of the accelerator pedal opening, and the overtaking interval corresponding to a second preset range of the accelerator pedal opening; calculating a driver feature coefficient on the basis of the first opening change rate and the second opening change rate; and sending the driver feature coefficient to the hybrid vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Great Wall Motor Company Limited
    Inventors: Zhimin Hu, Bao Liu, Wentao Hou, Zengli Wang, Zhehui Shen, Guixian Guo
  • Patent number: 12227106
    Abstract: Various embodiments and approaches are described to minimize degradation of respective modules combined to form a battery pack onboard an electric vehicle (EV). Systems and components are presented to determine a respective operational state of the modules, and based thereon, a first subset of modules can be selected to provision power to various EV components while a second subset of modules can be deselected. Module selection can be based upon a threshold operating condition. A visual representation of the modules and their respective operational state can be presented, in conjunction with one or more alarms and recommended corrective operations. Artificial intelligence methods can be utilized to determine an operational state of a module(s). A module can be scheduled for replacement. Limiting degradation to a first module can minimize degradation of a second module. The various components can be stored in a memory and executed by a processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Volvo Car Corporation
    Inventors: Andreas Martin Viktor Ropel, Ben Peter Lloyd, Matthias Yannick Philippe Le Saux, Konstantinos Chatziioannou, Klas Roland Persson Signell
  • Patent number: 12227085
    Abstract: Disclosed are smart adapters and methods for regulating system based at least in part on utility information. An adapter generally includes a receiver and a controller. The receiver is configured to receive one or more datacasts each containing utility information. The controller is configured to control a signal at a terminal of the system based at least in part on utility information. Once the adapter is plugged in, it starts reacting to real time validated information, and provides automatic communication and operations. The smart adapters and methods are easy and simple to install and have backwards/forward compatibility with a variety of existing systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: E-Radio USA Inc.
    Inventors: Jackson Kit Wang, Daniel John Glen Nephin
  • Patent number: 12227081
    Abstract: An electric vehicle control method includes: basic torque distribution processing of determining a basic torque command value for each drive motor based on a total required driving force for the electric vehicle and driving force distribution for each of the drive systems; vibration damping processing of obtaining a corrected torque command value by performing correction for reducing vibration of a driving force transmission system on each basic torque command value; and driving force control processing of controlling a driving force generated by each drive motor based on the corrected torque command value. The vibration damping processing includes estimating whether each of the drive systems is in a dead zone section individually, and adjusting a correction amount for the basic torque command value of the drive system in the dead zone section according to the driving force distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Syuta Mizoguchi, Akira Sawada
  • Patent number: 12227099
    Abstract: There is provided a power supply device that supplies electric power to a motor-driven vehicle including a power storage device through one of wireless supply of electric power using a wireless system and wired supply of electric power using a wired system to the motor-driven vehicle. The power supply device includes a processor configured to perform control for recommending the supply of electric power using the wired system as a power supply system for the motor-driven vehicle when information on a disaster is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Watanabe, Kizuku Yamada, Masaki Ito, Sakiko Yoshida, Yuki Takahashi, Tomonori Imamura
  • Patent number: 12227279
    Abstract: A method of controlling an electric marine propulsion system configured to propel a marine vessel includes receiving a user-set distance, identifying a battery charge level of a power storage system on a marine vessel and identifying an energy utilization value. An output limit is then determined based on a remaining distance, the battery charge level, and the energy utilization value. The propulsion system is then automatically controlled so as to not exceed the output limit, enabling the marine vessel to travel the user-set distance without recharging the power storage system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Brunswick Corporation
    Inventors: Jared D. Kalnins, Mitchell J. Baer, Corey L. Bruno
  • Patent number: 12228402
    Abstract: Calibrating an unstable sensor of a mobile device. Systems and methods for calibrating a sensor of a mobile device determine a first estimated position of the mobile device without using any measurement from the sensor of the mobile device, generate a second estimated position of the mobile device using a measurement from the sensor, estimate a sensor error of the sensor using the first estimated position and the second estimated position, and use the sensor error to determine a calibration value for adjusting one or more measurements from the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: NextNav, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Dormody, Ganesh Pattabiraman, Abijith Kumar, Thomas Wolf, Gary Parsons, Christian Gates, Deepak Joseph, Badrinath Nagarajan
  • Patent number: 12221005
    Abstract: A server 40 includes a control unit 47, and the control unit 47 acquires respective planned use positions of plural users, respective destinations of the plural users, and remaining battery levels of rechargeable batteries of moving bodies which the plural users are scheduled to use, estimates, for each of the moving bodies, a required power amount of the battery based on the planned use position and the destination, determines, for each of the moving bodies, whether the remaining battery level is equal to or greater than the required power amount, and dispatches the moving body whose remaining battery level is equal to or greater than the required power amount to the planned use position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Sugimoto, Kotoru Sato, Kumiko Katsumata, Shun Ota, Takahiro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 12224685
    Abstract: Provided is a motor control device that can reduce an error component resulting from braking or the like to bring an estimated motor speed closer to an actual motor speed, thereby improving the accuracy of control of a motor. The motor control device includes a controller 6 that outputs a first torque instruction signal that is an instruction to specify a torque of an electric motor 1, and a damping control unit 500.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Shinohara, Keisuke Suzuki
  • Patent number: 12220993
    Abstract: A vehicle includes: a secondary battery configured to supply electric power for travel driving; a first communication unit configured to communicate with a server device and uploads information on the state of the secondary battery to the server device; a display unit configured to display images; and a display control unit configured to cause the display unit to display an image in which a deterioration degree of the secondary battery with respect to a mileage or the number of years run with respect to the vehicle can be compared with the result of statistically processing the deterioration degree of the secondary batteries with respect to a mileage or the number of years run with respect to other vehicles on the basis of the information that the first communication unit has received from the server device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Maruno, Minoru Noguchi
  • Patent number: 12214692
    Abstract: An abnormality determination apparatus includes a processing unit, a communication unit configured to communicate with a plurality of mobile bodies and a storage unit configured to store power reception history information received from each of the mobile body. The power reception history information includes a power receiving location of the received power received by the power receiving device, and a power transmission efficiency calculated based on the received power, or the received power. The processing unit is configured to extract information of the power receiving location where the power transmission efficiency is less than a predetermined value from the power reception history information of the plurality of the mobile bodies stored in the storage unit, and is configured to determine an abnormality of the power transmission device based on the information of the extracted power receiving location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiya Hashimoto, Daiki Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 12218503
    Abstract: In an energy system in a community provided with a plurality of unit grids, each of which is an energy transfer network of a single-unit facility including a power load, the unit grids each include a photovoltaic generator, supply power generated by the photovoltaic generator thereof to the power load thereof, and, as an electric vehicle moves, form a cooperative grid that transfers power stored in a mobile storage battery mounted on the electric vehicle to and from another of the unit grids, and some of the unit grids whose geographical positional relationship is not fixed form a virtual grid for transferring power as a combination of the unit grids that form the cooperative grids changes in accordance with a destination of the electric vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOKAI NATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH SYSTEM
    Inventors: Tsuguhiko Nakagawa, Hideyuki Chisaka
  • Patent number: 12214695
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a vehicle battery management system. In a vehicle battery management system including a battery unit configured to supply power to an electric vehicle, and a controller configured to control the battery unit, the battery unit is divided into a first battery unit and a second battery unit, the first battery unit supplies power to a motor for generating driving force of the electric vehicle, the second battery unit supplies power to an outside of the electric vehicle, the controller performs a control operation so that power supplied from the first battery unit is supplied to the outside of the electric vehicle or power supplied from the second battery unit is supplied to the motor based on an SOC of each of the first battery unit and the second battery unit and state information of the electric vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: DRIVETECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yun Yong Choi, Myeong Gyun Choi
  • Patent number: 12218328
    Abstract: A method for thermal management performed by a controller of an energy storage system, where the energy storage system includes at least a first battery module, a second battery module, a first battery management system (BMS) node, and a second BMS node. The first BMS node is configured to control operation of the first battery module, and the second BMS node is configured to control operation of the second battery module. The method includes (a) determining a first temperature profile difference representing a difference between an actual temperature profile of the first battery module and a desired temperature profile of the first battery module, (b) determining a first operation adjustment representing a desired change in operation of the first battery module for decreasing the first temperature profile difference, and (c) controlling the first BMS node to change operation of the first battery module according to the first operation adjustment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Element Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Thomas Brinkerhoff, Corrado Cammi, Arnaud Devie, Rainer Johannes Fasching, Seth Marshall Kahn
  • Patent number: 12209872
    Abstract: A method for an electric vehicle trip simulator is described. The method includes determining parameters for an upcoming trip of an electric vehicle, including at least a start location and a destination location. The method also includes analyzing data associated with a plurality of points of interest between the start location and the destination location. The method further includes selecting a set of locations from the plurality of points of interest for the upcoming trip of the electric vehicle, according to the analyzing of the data. The method also includes displaying a travel order recommendation associated with the set of locations selected for the upcoming trip of the electric vehicle, including at least one charging station location according to a current charge capacity of the electric vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Francine Chen, Emily Sarah Sumner, Scott Carter, Rumen Iliev, Nikos Arechiga Gonzalez, Alexandre Leo Stephen Filipowicz
  • Patent number: 12210068
    Abstract: Understanding a health status and expected remaining lifetime of an EV (electric vehicle) battery is important before repurposing the battery for second life applications. A device for connecting to an unopened EV battery pack via operable coupling to signal and power wiring is disclosed. The device enables access to diagnostic information from the unopened EV battery. The device measures cell and/or module voltages and currents within the battery pack for several different depths of discharge. A self-learning algorithm implemented by the diagnostic device, which uses historical data and diagnostic information from the battery pack, determines a condition of the battery and provide recommended operational conditions for future use of the battery. For example, a degradation slope and expected capacity loss over time can be determined based on measured variations of cell and/or modular voltages and subsequently used, with cell impedance data, to recommend an operational C-rate for the battery pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: ECO STOR AS
    Inventor: Trygve Burchardt
  • Patent number: 12211327
    Abstract: An inspection apparatus, which inspects a CAN communication function of an ECU to be inspected, comprises: a connection unit configured to connect a communication circuit of the ECU and the inspection apparatus on a one-to-one basis; an inspection message creation unit configured to create an inspection message in which a predetermined signal level indicating a higher priority of communication arbitration than the message received from the ECU to be inspected is set in an identifier field of a data format corresponding to the message; a transmission unit configured to transmit the inspection message to the ECU; a reception unit configured to receive a message transmitted from the ECU; and a reception function determination unit configured to determine whether a reception function of the ECU is normal based on whether the reception unit has received the message from the ECU after transmission of the inspection message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Imoto, Naoki Kawahara, Daiki Yagihara, Taketoshi Uno
  • Patent number: 12208768
    Abstract: An example method may include receiving, from a key device, a first counter value and a first encoded counter value, identifying, among one or more mapping table entries in an access control unit mapping table, an access control unit mapping table entry specifying a second counter value that corresponds to the received first counter value, determining whether a second encoded counter value specified by the identified access control unit mapping table entry corresponds to the received first encoded counter value, and responsive to determining that the second encoded counter value corresponds to the received first encoded counter value, sending, to a control unit, an indication that permission is granted. The first encoded counter value may include a cryptographic encoding of the first counter value generated in view of a secret key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrea Cosentino, Paolo Antinori
  • Patent number: 12208692
    Abstract: A motor performing power driving and regeneration has an inverter, a mechanical brake, a power storage device supplying energy to the motor, an accelerator operator controlling the motor to adjust a drive torque of a driving wheel, a mechanical brake operator controlling the mechanical brake to adjust a braking torque, a regenerative brake operator adjusting a braking torque of the driving wheel and recovering the energy into the power storage device, and a detector detecting a rotation speed of the motor. When the rotation speed of the motor is equal to or higher than a predetermined value, a predetermined braking torque, based on an operation amount of the regenerative brake operator, is generated by regenerative braking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha F.C.C.
    Inventors: Tatsuyuki Ohashi, Mahmoud Abdelnaby Sayed Abdallah, Takaharu Takeshita
  • Patent number: 12202353
    Abstract: Disclosed are a backlash vibration reduction apparatus and method capable of sufficiently performing gear alignment even when torque is increased while a vehicle is driven within a low torque range, thereby minimizing rough vibration due to backlash. The backlash vibration reduction apparatus includes a correction determination unit configured to determine whether it is necessary to correct a torque gradient to be applied for an increase to target torque in the state in which the current torque of a vehicle is retained within a predetermined low torque range and a torque gradient correction unit configured to determine a corrected torque gradient in which a torque increase rate per hour is reduced and a torque increase time period is extended by multiplying a correction factor by a first torque gradient as a torque gradient that increases the current torque upon determining that it is necessary to correct the torque gradient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Won Bin Lee, Seul Gi Lee, Soo Bang Lee, Sang Kook Woo
  • Patent number: 12202364
    Abstract: Systems and methods for in-transit charging of an electric vehicle. An electric autonomous vehicle (EAV) may request charging services when its battery level falls below a threshold. The EAV may be in transit to a destination when the charging service is requested. A charging range route may be determined for the EAV. A charging-AV may identify one or more candidate merge points. If a feasible merge point is identified, the charging-AV may transit to the merge point and platoon with the EAV. The EAV and charging-AV may platoon with each other so that the charging-AV may provide charging services to the EAV. Vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications may be used to synchronize the moments of the charging-AV and EAV while in transit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Oliver Lei, Fahad Liaqat, Joe Stanek, Allen R. Murray, Sikder Imam, Daniel Robert Taylor
  • Patent number: 12196566
    Abstract: Provided are systems and methods for predicting a travel range of a vehicle. The method comprises receiving, using at least one processor, travel information associated with the vehicle, receiving, using the at least one processor, a weather forecast and a traffic forecast associated with the travel information, and predicting, using the at least one processor, the predicted travel range based at least in part on a battery charge level of the vehicle, the weather forecast, and the traffic forecast. In embodiments, the predicted travel range may be based on current and historical battery charge levels, current and/or historical battery discharge rates, weather forecast data, and traffic forecast data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: SIGNAL 4D
    Inventors: David Low Weld, Mark Stuart Carroll, Dmitry Kaplan
  • Patent number: 12194862
    Abstract: An electrified vehicle includes a motor, a clutch, a transmission, a rotational speed sensor configured to detect a rotational speed of the motor, and a control circuit configured to control the motor. The control circuit performs: a learning process of detecting a change in the rotational speed of the motor by the rotational speed sensor when the shift change is performed; and a control process of controlling the rotational speed of the motor based on the change in the rotational speed detected in the learning process, when the shift change is performed after the learning process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiaki Tamachi, Masato Nakano, Masayuki Katou, Takaaki Sakai
  • Patent number: 12195017
    Abstract: A redundant electronic control system includes a control unit, a first output component, and a second output component. The control unit may generate a first execution signal and a second execution signal. The control unit controls the first output component to output the first execution signal to a first actuator, and controls the second output component to output the second execution signal to a second actuator. When the first output component fails, the control unit may control the second output component to output the first execution signal to the first actuator. When the second output component fails, the control unit may control the first output component to output the second execution signal to the second actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xuefeng Chen, Xin Huang, Zhimin Zhang
  • Patent number: 12194883
    Abstract: Methods and systems for supplying electrical power from a vehicle to an external accessory are described. In one example, two different voltages may be applied at different times to a connector so that the external accessory device need not include a battery. In particular, a first voltage may power a main load of the external accessory and a second voltage may power a microcontroller that communicates with the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dominic Gelfuso, Andres Straulino, Prahlad Saggere, Christopher Ballard, Stuart C. Salter, Brendan Diamond
  • Patent number: 12199792
    Abstract: An inspection apparatus, which inspects a CAN communication function of an ECU, comprises: a connection unit which connects a communication circuit of the ECU and the inspection apparatus on a one-to-one basis; a creation unit which creates an inspection message in which a predetermined signal level is set in a confirmation field of a data format corresponding to a message received from the ECU; a transmission unit which transmits the inspection message to the ECU; a reception unit which receives a response message to the inspection message from the ECU; a confirmation unit which confirms whether a signal level of the confirmation field in the response message is changed with respect to setting of the inspection message; and a determination unit which determines whether a reception function of the ECU is normal based on the confirmation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Imoto, Naoki Kawahara, Daiki Yagihara, Taketoshi Uno
  • Patent number: 12187261
    Abstract: In a control device for a hybrid vehicle including a motor and an internal combustion engine as power sources, the control device includes a diagnosis unit configured to diagnose a component of the hybrid vehicle during fuel cut of the internal combustion engine, an estimation unit configured to estimate a time required for diagnosis by the diagnosis unit, an upper limit setting unit configured to set an upper limit of a time during which the fuel cut is executed, and a motor control unit configured to control the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kentaro Mineo
  • Patent number: 12186250
    Abstract: A movable body control system includes: a movable body on which a user is capable of riding; a support device that supports a body of the user in a lying posture; a body detection device that detects a state of the user supported by the support device; a periphery monitor device that monitors a periphery of the support device; and a determination part that determines whether or not the movable body is capable of approaching the support device based on a detection result of the periphery monitor device. In the movable body control system, in a case where the body detection device detects that the user is in a predetermined state and the determination part determines that the movable body is capable of approaching the support device, the movable body approaches the support device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taiki Iimura, Takayuki Nakagawara, Takeshi Echizenya, Tomokazu Sakamoto, Etsuko Takasugi, Shinichiro Kobashi
  • Patent number: 12179723
    Abstract: A device for a hydraulic actuating system, e.g., a motor vehicle brake, a clutch or a gear selector, may include the following components arranged in one housing, forming a main module: at least one pressure supply device driven by an electric motor drive, and a valve arrangement comprising at least one solenoid valve. The device may further include an electrical control unit (ECU) and valve output stages and sensors. The main module may be electrically and/or hydraulically connected to at least one further system component, which system component may include and actuating device and a travel simulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: IPGATE AG
    Inventor: Thomas Leiber
  • Patent number: 12179606
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for managing power battery of vehicle, a storage medium and an electronic device are provided. The method includes: acquiring, when a target vehicle travels to a first target site, a target recovered electric quantity, the target recovered electric quantity is a total electric quantity that can be charged to the power battery by energy recovery for the target vehicle when passing through a target downhill road section, and the target downhill road section is a road section that has a downhill length greater than a second pre-set length and a downward gradient greater than a third pre-set gradient; driving, if a first electric quantity difference is smaller than the target recovered electric quantity, the target vehicle by the power battery, the first electric quantity difference is a difference between a total capacity of the power battery and a current electric quantity of the target vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventor: Hao Xu
  • Patent number: 12185064
    Abstract: An electrically or partially electrically driven vehicle has a system (1) for active sound design. Active sound design sounds emitted by one or more loudspeakers (5) are modified depending on the driver type and/or depending on the current driving style. The system (1) has at least one sensor for recording measurement parameters (2) that permit a classification of a current driving style and/or a driver type of a driver of the vehicle. The device (1) has a classification device (3) that is configured to determine the current driving style and/or driver type of the driver of the vehicle based on the measurement parameters (2) recorded by the at least one sensor. The system (1) has a sound control system for controlling and modifying the sounds emitted by the loudspeakers (5) based on the current driving style and/or driver type classified by the classification device (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h. c. F. Porsche AG
    Inventors: Benjamin Bernard, Bjoern Seinecke
  • Patent number: 12179722
    Abstract: A device for a hydraulic actuating system, e.g., a motor vehicle brake, a clutch or a gear selector, may include the following components arranged in one housing, forming a main module: at least one pressure supply device driven by an electric motor drive, and a valve arrangement comprising at least one solenoid valve. The device may further include an electrical control unit (ECU) and valve output stages and sensors. The main module may be electrically and/or hydraulically connected to at least one further system component, which system component may include and actuating device and a travel simulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: IPGATE AG
    Inventor: Thomas Leiber