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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2020

Filed:

Nov. 01, 2016
Applicant:

Empower Micro Systems Inc, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Milan Ilic, San Jose, CA (US);

Dragan Maksimovic, Boulder, CO (US);

Mika Nuotio, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 5/00 (2006.01); H02P 27/08 (2006.01); B60L 15/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 27/08 (2013.01); B60L 15/007 (2013.01); B60L 2210/10 (2013.01); B60L 2210/30 (2013.01); B60L 2240/526 (2013.01); B60L 2250/26 (2013.01); H02J 7/0021 (2013.01);
Abstract

In some aspects, an electric vehicle power system may comprise two or more electrically connected power modules connected to a system communication bus. Each power module may comprise a rechargeable battery electrically connected to a DC bus, an inverter circuit electrically connected to the DC bus, and at least one of a single-phase rectifier circuit electrically connected to the DC bus or a multi-phase rectifier circuit electrically connected to the DC bus. A local controller configured to send control signals may be connected to the rechargeable battery, the inverter circuit, and the at least one of the single-phase rectifier circuit or the multi-phase rectifier circuit. The single-phase rectifier circuit may be configured to convert a single-phase AC power signal into the DC voltage of the DC bus. The multi-phase rectifier circuit may be configured to convert a multi-phase AC power signal into the DC voltage of the DC bus.


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