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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
May. 09, 2019
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Arthur James Harvey, Beech Island, SC (US);
Norman R. Padgett, Evans, GA (US);
John Ledden, Augusta, GA (US);
Robert Charles Bradley, Augusta, GA (US);
Patrick Dwaine Warden, Grovetown, GA (US);
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Abstract
Techniques involve managing lithium battery access on a utility vehicle. In accordance with such techniques, a wakeup circuit includes a set of inputs, a set of outputs, and control logic coupled with the set of inputs and the set of outputs. The control logic is constructed and arranged to, in response to detecting a wakeup event from circuitry of the utility vehicle via the set of inputs, close a switching apparatus of the utility vehicle via the set of outputs to connect a lithium battery of the utility vehicle to a set of loads of the utility vehicle. The control logic is further constructed and arranged to, in response to detecting a sleep event, open the switching apparatus via the set of outputs to disconnect the lithium battery of the utility vehicle from the set of loads of the utility vehicle.