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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2017
Applicant:
Nio Usa, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Xiaodong Liu, San Jose, CA (US);
Bo Guo, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
NIO USA, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 58/20 (2019.01); B60L 58/21 (2019.01); B60R 16/033 (2006.01); B60L 53/10 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 58/21 (2019.02); B60L 53/11 (2019.02); B60L 58/20 (2019.02); B60R 16/033 (2013.01); B60L 2210/10 (2013.01); B60L 2210/40 (2013.01); B60L 2240/527 (2013.01); B60L 2240/547 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments include a power device for an electric vehicle. The power device includes a first bus associated with a first voltage, and a second bus associated with a second voltage, different than the first voltage. The power device includes a plurality of switching elements coupled to a first battery, a second battery, the first bus and the second bus. On/off states of the plurality of switching elements control electrical connections to the first bus, the second bus, the first battery and the second battery according to an operation mode.