公开(公告)号：US11673486B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-13

申请号：US17533626

申请日：2021-11-23

Applicant: QuantumScape Battery, Inc.

Inventor： Kevin Hettrich ,  Tomasz Wojcik

IPC: B60L58/27 ,  H04W4/029

CPC classification number: B60L58/27 ,  H04W4/029 ,  Y02T10/70

Abstract: Set forth herein are systems and methods for determining battery heating conditions and pre-heating lead times of at least a minute or more, based on input parameters and sets of input parameters, to predictively and dynamically heat a secondary battery so that the battery has a specific power output and performance level when used in an electric or hybrid vehicle application.

公开(公告)号：US20230159015A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-25

申请号：US17984522

申请日：2022-11-10

Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company ,  Kia Corporation

Inventor： Joong Woo LEE ,  Jin Gyu LIM ,  Seung Myun CHUNG ,  Tae Geun JEONG

IPC: B60W10/26 ,  B60L53/30 ,  B60L58/12 ,  B60L58/27

CPC classification number: B60W10/26 ,  B60L53/305 ,  B60L58/12 ,  B60L58/27 ,  B60W2510/246 ,  B60W2710/246 ,  B60W2756/10

Abstract: A method of the pre-conditioning system for a battery of a vehicle includes: receiving an input of a destination of the vehicle; generating and outputting a destination route to the destination; searching for information on one or more battery charging stations located within a predetermined range on or around the destination route; determining whether each of the searched battery charging stations satisfies a preset environmental condition; adding a charging station path to a charging station selected among charging stations provided with the environmental condition to the destination route; determining whether the battery of the vehicle satisfies a preset state condition; and warming the battery at a preset time point when the preset state condition is satisfied.

公开(公告)号：US20190176571A1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-13

申请号：US15943761

申请日：2018-04-03

Applicant: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY ,  KIA MOTORS CORPORATION

Inventor： Man Ju OH ,  Jae Woong KIM ,  Sang Shin LEE

IPC: B60H1/00 ,  B60L11/18

CPC classification number: B60H1/00899 ,  B60H1/00278 ,  B60H1/00392 ,  B60H2001/00307 ,  B60H2001/00928 ,  B60H2001/00942 ,  B60L58/26 ,  B60L58/27

Abstract: An HVAC system of a vehicle includes: a battery line configured to thermally interconnect a first radiator and a high-voltage battery core and provided with a first pump; a refrigerant line having a compressor, a condenser, and an evaporator; an indoor cooling line interconnecting an indoor HVAC cooling core and the evaporator and having a second pump; an indoor heating line thermally interconnecting an indoor HVAC heating core and a condenser and having a third pump; battery cooling lines branching from opposite side points of the high-voltage battery core in the battery line, respectively, and connected to the indoor cooling line; battery heating lines branching from the opposite side points of the high-voltage battery core in the battery line, respectively, and connected to the indoor heating line; and a first valve disposed at one of the opposite branching points in the battery line.

公开(公告)号：US20180316069A1

公开(公告)日：2018-11-01

申请号：US15766681

申请日：2016-10-26

Applicant: Jaguar Land Rover Limited

Inventor： Ian HUGHES ,  Baptiste BUREAU

IPC: H01M10/625 ,  H01M10/63 ,  B60L11/18

CPC classification number: H01M10/625 ,  B60L58/24 ,  B60L58/26 ,  B60L58/27 ,  H01M10/63 ,  Y02T10/7005 ,  Y02T10/705

Abstract: A controller and a control method for activating temperature control of a device of a vehicle, the controller comprising: means for, in a first mode, activating temperature control of the device of the vehicle when a measured temperature of the device passes a first threshold temperature; means for determining when a condition dependent on a journey of the vehicle is satisfied, and switching from the first mode to a second mode; and means for, in the second mode, activating the temperature control of the device when the measured temperature of the device passes a second threshold temperature, different to the first threshold temperature, wherein in the second mode, the measured temperature of the device passes the first threshold temperature without activation of the temperature control of the device before passing the second threshold temperature activating temperature control of the device.

公开(公告)号：US20180261896A1

公开(公告)日：2018-09-13

申请号：US15618735

申请日：2017-06-09

Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA

Inventor： Takaya OGAWA ,  Toshiya OOTA ,  Hiroki MATSUSHITA

IPC: H01M10/63 ,  B60R16/033 ,  F02N11/08 ,  H01M10/615

CPC classification number: H01M10/63 ,  B60K1/04 ,  B60K6/48 ,  B60L58/13 ,  B60L58/27 ,  B60L2240/545 ,  B60L2240/547 ,  B60R16/033 ,  F02N11/0862 ,  F02N19/02 ,  F02N2200/046 ,  F02N2200/061 ,  F02N2200/063 ,  F02N2200/064 ,  F02N2250/02 ,  H01M10/615 ,  H01M10/625 ,  Y02T10/7005 ,  Y02T10/7044 ,  Y02T10/705

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a heater control apparatus for a battery includes a temperature sensor for sensing the temperature of a battery which outputs electric power for a driving target, and a controller for controlling a heater which heats the battery. The controller is configured to calculate a minimum start condition corresponding to the start characteristics of the driving target, based on relationships between the remaining capacity of the battery and the temperature, and to control the heater based on the minimum start condition.

公开(公告)号：US20180229620A1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-16

申请号：US15854907

申请日：2017-12-27

Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO

Inventor： Gentaro YAMANAKA

IPC: B60L11/18

CPC classification number: B60L11/1875 ,  B60K6/48 ,  B60K11/00 ,  B60L1/02 ,  B60L53/14 ,  B60L53/302 ,  B60L58/26 ,  B60L58/27 ,  B60L2210/42 ,  B60L2240/36 ,  B60W10/26 ,  B60W10/30 ,  B60W20/00 ,  B60W20/15 ,  B60W30/194 ,  B60W2510/0676 ,  B60W2510/107 ,  B60W2510/246 ,  B60W2540/10 ,  Y02T10/6226 ,  Y02T10/7005 ,  Y02T10/7077 ,  Y10S903/904

Abstract: A heat management control device for a vehicle that includes: an electric motor that is applied as a motive power source; a power supply section that includes a storage battery and that supplies electrical power to the electric motor; a charging device that charges the storage battery through a connection to an external power source; a heat exchanger that performs heat exchange of heat generated by the charging device during charging with fluid flowing in a specific transport path; a heat storage section that uses a chemical reaction partway along the specific transport path in order to recover heat from the fluid and that stores the recovered heat; and a fluid supply controller that, from immediately after a vehicle is started, releases heat stored by the heat storage section to the fluid, and selectively supplies the fluid to a predetermined plurality of warm-up targets.

公开(公告)号：US10035032B2

公开(公告)日：2018-07-31

申请号：US15115556

申请日：2014-12-23

Applicant: ZHEJIANG GEELY AUTOMOBILE RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO., LTD ,  ZHEJIANG GEELY HOLDING GROUP CO., LTD

Inventor： Shufu Li

IPC: A62C3/16 ,  A62C3/07 ,  A62C35/10 ,  B60L11/18 ,  B60L3/00 ,  H01M10/48 ,  A62C99/00

CPC classification number: A62C3/16 ,  A62C3/07 ,  A62C35/10 ,  A62C99/0009 ,  B60L3/0046 ,  B60L58/26 ,  B60L58/27 ,  B60L2240/545 ,  H01M10/486 ,  H01M2200/10 ,  H01M2220/20 ,  Y02T10/7005 ,  Y02T10/705

Abstract: The present invention provides a thermal management and automatic fire-extinguishing system of a vehicle battery, used for managing the vehicle battery in a hybrid vehicle or an electric vehicle, including: fire-extinguishing packages which are adjacent to or in contact with the vehicle battery, wherein the fire-extinguishing package is filled with a fire-extinguishing agent; and the fire-extinguishing package is configured to be opened when the temperature of the vehicle battery is higher than a preset temperature, so that the fire-extinguishing agent can be released and then filled into a space where the vehicle battery is located, thereby achieving the effects of automatic combustion prevention and fire extinguishing of the vehicle battery, effectively protecting the vehicle battery and the whole vehicle, reserving more escape time for passengers and improving the safety of the vehicle. On the whole, the thermal management and automatic fire-extinguishing system of the vehicle battery of the present invention is simple and reliable in structure, low in cost and strong in universality, and can be directly mounted on the vehicle without reforming the existing vehicle battery cooling system.

公开(公告)号：US20180208061A1

公开(公告)日：2018-07-26

申请号：US15878394

申请日：2018-01-23

Applicant: Mahle International GmbH

Inventor： Fahmi Ben Ahmed ,  Matthias Jung ,  Sascha Lindauer ,  Hans-Ulrich Steurer

IPC: B60L1/02 ,  B60L11/18

CPC classification number: B60L1/02 ,  B60H1/00278 ,  B60H1/00899 ,  B60H2001/00928 ,  B60H2001/00942 ,  B60H2001/00949 ,  B60L1/003 ,  B60L58/26 ,  B60L58/27 ,  B60L2240/34 ,  B60L2240/36 ,  B60L2240/425 ,  B60L2240/545 ,  Y02T10/7005

Abstract: A waste heat utilization system may include an air conditioning circuit for air conditioning a vehicle interior of the electric vehicle, wherein a working medium may circulate in the air conditioning circuit, which may have arranged therein a compressor for compressing the working medium, a condenser for condensing the working medium, and an evaporator for evaporating the working medium. The system may also include a cooling circuit for cooling at least one of the electric motor and the battery, wherein a coolant may circulate in the cooling circuit, which may have arranged therein the electric motor in a first branch and the battery in a second branch fluidically connected in parallel with the first branch, a first heat exchanger for discharging heat from the coolant into surroundings of the waste heat utilization system, a first delivery device for driving the coolant in the cooling circuit, a first chiller via which heat may be transferrable from the first branch into the air conditioning circuit, and a second chiller via which heat may be transferrable from the second branch into the air conditioning circuit. The system may further include a heating circuit, in which a heating medium circulates, and in which a second delivery device for driving the heating medium and a second heat exchanger for giving off heat from the heating medium into the vehicle interior may be arranged. The condense may be an indirect heat exchanger via which heat is transferrable from the air conditioning circuit into the heating circuit.

公开(公告)号：US20180178615A1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-28

申请号：US15687876

申请日：2017-08-28

Applicant: Bordrin Motor Corporation

Inventor： Yingbo Xia ,  Zhiwei Zhang ,  Yunfei Wu ,  Yonghua Li

IPC: B60H1/00 ,  B60K1/02 ,  B60K11/02 ,  B60K11/06 ,  B60L11/18 ,  B60H1/14 ,  B60H1/22 ,  B60H1/32 ,  H01M10/637 ,  H01M10/625 ,  H01M10/6568

CPC classification number: B60H1/00271 ,  B60H1/00278 ,  B60H1/00392 ,  B60H1/00885 ,  B60H1/143 ,  B60H1/2221 ,  B60H1/323 ,  B60H2001/00307 ,  B60H2001/00928 ,  B60H2001/3292 ,  B60K1/02 ,  B60K11/02 ,  B60K11/06 ,  B60K2001/005 ,  B60K2001/006 ,  B60L1/003 ,  B60L1/02 ,  B60L50/64 ,  B60L58/26 ,  B60L58/27 ,  B60L2210/10 ,  B60L2240/34 ,  B60L2240/545 ,  B60Y2200/91 ,  H01M10/486 ,  H01M10/625 ,  H01M10/637 ,  H01M10/6563 ,  H01M10/6568 ,  H01M10/663 ,  H01M2220/20 ,  Y02T10/7005 ,  Y02T10/705 ,  Y02T10/7216

Abstract: An intelligent multi-loop thermal management system for and electric vehicle has components including a battery pack, an electric-drive module, an on-board charger a DC/DC converter, a battery radiator, a battery refrigerator, a motor radiator, an electric water pump, an electric oil pump, an expansion tank, a PTC heater, a heat exchanger, an electric compressor, a condenser, an evaporator, a receiver drier, and a heater core. The system also includes an electric-drive module having a drive motor and a motor control unit. The components are thermally connected to each other by using a pipeline and a four-way valve, a three-way valve, a straight-through valve, and an electronic expansion valve that are disposed in the pipeline, to form a plurality of loops that separately performs thermal management and control the battery pack, the electric-drive module, and a passenger compartment air conditioner.

公开(公告)号：US10005450B2

公开(公告)日：2018-06-26

申请号：US15126094

申请日：2015-03-13

Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Hidekazu Nawata ,  Toshio Inoue ,  Keita Fukui ,  Tomoaki Honda ,  Yuta Niwa ,  Taichi Osawa

IPC: B60W20/16 ,  B60K6/44 ,  B60L11/18 ,  B60K6/445 ,  B60W10/06 ,  B60W10/08 ,  B60W20/00 ,  F02D41/02 ,  H01M10/615 ,  H01M10/44 ,  H01M10/48 ,  H01M10/625 ,  H01M10/63 ,  B60W20/13 ,  F01N3/027 ,  B60W10/26 ,  H01M10/6564 ,  F02D37/02

CPC classification number: B60W20/16 ,  B60K6/445 ,  B60L58/27 ,  B60L2240/545 ,  B60W10/06 ,  B60W10/08 ,  B60W10/26 ,  B60W20/00 ,  B60W20/13 ,  B60W2510/068 ,  B60W2510/246 ,  B60W2530/12 ,  B60W2710/0694 ,  B60W2710/246 ,  B60Y2300/476 ,  F01N3/027 ,  F02D37/02 ,  F02D41/0245 ,  F02D41/029 ,  F02D2041/026 ,  F02D2200/503 ,  H01M10/443 ,  H01M10/486 ,  H01M10/615 ,  H01M10/625 ,  H01M10/63 ,  H01M10/6564 ,  H01M2220/20 ,  Y02T10/26 ,  Y02T10/54 ,  Y02T10/6239 ,  Y02T10/7005 ,  Y02T10/705 ,  Y10S903/93

Abstract: A hybrid vehicle includes an internal combustion engine, a filter, an electrical storage device, a rotating electric machine, and a controller. The filter is configured to trap particulate matter in exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine. The rotating electric machine is configured to generate electric power using power from the internal combustion engine so as to charge the electrical storage device, and drive the internal combustion engine using electric power from the electrical storage device. The controller is configured to control the internal combustion engine and the rotating electric machine, so as to warm up the electrical storage device when regeneration control needs to be performed and when the temperature of the electrical storage device is lower than a reference value. The regeneration control is control for raising the temperature of the filter to a predetermined temperature so as to burn the particulate matter. The controller may be configured to execute the regeneration control when the temperature of the electrical storage device exceeds the reference value.