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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2018
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Geoffrey D. Gaither, Brighton, MI (US);
Tapan V. Patel, Lakewood, CA (US);
Justin J. Chow, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Joshua D. Payne, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and devices for controlling a temperature of a battery of a vehicle. The battery management system includes a battery for storing and distributing an electrical charge. The battery management system includes a temperature for measuring or detecting a temperature of the battery. The battery management system includes one or more temperature control devices for controlling the temperature of the battery. The battery management system includes an electronic control unit configured to obtain the temperature of the battery and determine whether the temperature of the battery exceeds an optimal temperature range. The electronic control unit is configured to operate the one or more temperature control devices when the temperature of the battery exceeds the optimal temperature range to adjust the temperature to be within the optimal temperature range.