B60L2240/549

Displaying an influence degree used to inhibit the deterioration of a secondary cell
11511643 · 2022-11-29 · ·

An influence degree display device includes an acquirer configured to acquire information regarding magnitude of an influence factor that has an influence on progress of deterioration of a secondary cell that stores power used to drive an electric motor vehicle a display configured to display an image and a display controller configured to cause the display to display an image indicating the degree of influence on the progress of the deterioration of the secondary cell in accordance with the acquired magnitude of the influence factor.

Adaptive thermal management of an electric energy supply, controller, system, and method
11511647 · 2022-11-29 ·

Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to systems, devices, methods, and computer-readable storage medium for adaptive/dynamic thermal management of an electrical power system having variable electric loads that may impact performance or life of the electrical power system. Embodiments may include adaptive thermal management of at least one of an energy storage system and an electric energy supply. Applications of this disclosure may include adaptive thermal management method for electric vehicles and non-mobility applications, particularly having variable electrical loads that may impact performance or life of the application.

Control device for power supply circuit, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for storing power supply circuit control program, and method for controlling power supply circuit
11594909 · 2023-02-28 · ·

A control device of a power supply circuit includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry includes a state-of-charge calculator and a target calculator. The state-of-charge calculator calculate a state of charge of the first battery. The target calculator calculates a target voltage range. When an output voltage of the first battery detected by a voltage sensor cannot be acquired and an acquisition failure occurs, after the occurrence of the acquisition failure, the state-of-charge calculator is configured to obtain the state of charge of the first battery, as a held state-of-charge, that was calculated before the occurrence of the acquisition failure. When a pre-charge process is performed in a state in which the acquisition failure is occurring, the target calculator is configured to calculate an estimated output voltage of the first battery from the held state-of-charge and calculate the target voltage range based on the estimated output voltage.

SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR HEALTH MONITORING OF AN ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE
20230055861 · 2023-02-23 ·

A system for assessment of a battery cell comprises a testing platform, a conveying system, one or more ultrasound sources, and one or more ultrasound sources, and a control unit. The conveying system can move the battery cell to the testing platform for assessment and from the testing platform after the assessment. The control unit can control the one or more ultrasound sources and the one or more ultrasound sensors to perform the assessment. The assessment can comprise determining a state of the battery cell based on the one or more signals generated by the one or more ultrasound sensors. The control unit can control the conveying system to direct the battery cell from the testing platform responsive to the assessment.

SHORT CIRCUIT DETECTION METHOD FOR STARTING BATTERY
20230057159 · 2023-02-23 ·

The disclosure relates to a short circuit detection method for a starting battery. The method including: acquiring status information of the starting battery in real time; estimating an SOC of the starting battery by an ampere-hour integral based on the status information; and confirming, based on an estimation result for the SOC, whether the starting battery is short-circuited.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FEEDBACK-BASED REDUCTION OF SYSTEM OVERDRAW IN A FUEL CELL SYSTEM

A system for reducing overdraw of power in a vehicle includes a power source having a battery and a fuel cell circuit. The system further includes an ECU that transmits a power limit signal to a vehicle controller, the power limit signal corresponding to an instantaneous maximum amount of power of the power source. The ECU also determines a battery allowed power corresponding to an amount of power available to be drawn from the battery to cause the SOC of the battery to remain above a lower SOC threshold. The ECU also determines a current battery power draw from the battery corresponding to an instantaneous amount of power being drawn from the battery. The ECU is designed to reduce the instantaneous maximum amount of power in the power limit signal when the current battery power draw is greater than the battery allowed power, reducing the current battery power draw.

NESTED CONTROL LOOP STRUCTURE FOR HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM
20230058484 · 2023-02-23 · ·

In accordance with at least one aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a method for controlling power in an aircraft. The method includes, monitoring an electric energy storage module electrically connected to an electrical bus for an exceedance of a first current limit and monitoring a generator module connected to the electrical bus for an exceedance of a second current limit. If the current limit of either of the electric energy storage module or the generator module is exceeded by a predetermined exceedance amount, the method includes reducing a power consumption for an electric machine by a predetermined bias until the exceedance of the electrical energy storage and the exceedance of the generator module are both less than or equal to zero.

BATTERY SYSTEM FOR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE
20230057108 · 2023-02-23 ·

A battery system for an electric vehicle, the battery system includes at least one high voltage component; and a touch protector, the touch protector being configured to protect a user from accidentally contacting the high voltage component, wherein the touch protector includes a pivotably mounted isolating flap, the isolating flap being pivotable between a blocking position in which the isolating flap blocks access to the at least one high voltage component, and an access position in which the isolating flap allows access to the at least one high voltage component, wherein the isolating flap is configured such that the isolating flap is pivotable towards the high voltage component from the blocking position to the access position in response to application of a predetermined force to the isolating flap.

POWER DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS AND VEHICLE HAVING THE SAME
20230055719 · 2023-02-23 · ·

A power distribution apparatus includes: a power transmitter to which a power transmission cable for supplying power to an external device is connected; a fast charger to which a fast charging cable for receiving power from a power source is connected; a processor configured to, in response to an execution command of a fast charging mode and a load power supply mode, distribute power supplied through the fast charging cable, transfer a portion of the distributed power to the external device, and transfer a remainder of the distributed power to a battery; and a power converter provided between the fast charger and the power transmitter, and configured to, when transferring the portion of the distributed power to the external device, convert a voltage of the power supplied through the fast charging cable, and transfer the voltage-converted power to the power transmitter.

Charging Apparatus and New Energy Vehicle
20220363154 · 2022-11-17 ·

A charging apparatus is applied to a new energy vehicle. The new energy vehicle includes a first battery and a second battery. The first battery provides driving power for the new energy vehicle, and the second battery supplies power to a vehicle-mounted load device. The apparatus includes a charging unit and a general-purpose unit. The charging unit includes a DC-DC circuit and a BMS. The general-purpose unit includes a control module, a communication module, and an auxiliary power supply module. The auxiliary power supply module supplies power to the charging unit and the control module. The control module is configured to control the charging unit to provide electric energy of the first battery to the second battery. According to the apparatus provided in this application, a volume and a weight of the charging apparatus can be reduced, a service life of a battery can be prolonged.