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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2015
Loon Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jacob Buswell Roberts, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sameera Sylvia Ponda, Mountain View, CA (US);
Loon LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
An example system includes a battery, a controllable heating element arranged to heat the battery, a load coupled to the battery, and a controller configured to: determine a current temperature of the battery; determine a SOC of the battery; based on the current temperature of the battery, select a setpoint profile from a plurality of setpoint profiles for the battery, where each of the plurality of setpoint profiles has a temperature association, and where each of the plurality of profiles comprises one or more temperature setpoints; based on a comparison of the current SOC and a SOC of the selected setpoint profile, determine a current temperature setpoint from the one or more temperature setpoints of the selected setpoint profile; and in response to determining the current temperature setpoint of the battery, cause the current temperature of the battery to adjust according to the current temperature setpoint of the battery.