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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2018
Lyft, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Chen-yu Hsieh, San Jose, CA (US);
Catalin Popovici, San Jose, CA (US);
Lyft, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
In general, one or more loads, such as a sensor suite of an autonomous (or semi-autonomous) vehicle, may be configured to draw power from a supercapacitor. A switching mechanism can selectively connect or disconnect the one or more loads and the supercapacitor from a voltage source of a vehicle power system. By systematically disconnecting the voltage source from the supercapacitor and the one or more loads, the exposure of the voltage source to the one or more loads is minimized. Accordingly, the exposure of the voltage source of the vehicle power system to potentially damaging short circuits or power surges that may arise in relation to the one or more loads can also be minimized.