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Patent No.:

US 11498454 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2022

Filed:

Jul. 17, 2019

Power battery cooling system and method based on solar sunroof

Applicant:

Volvo Car Corporation, Gothenburg, SE;

Inventors:

Haibo Liang, Shanghai, CN;

Jia Li, Shanghai, CN;

Tao Zhang, Shanghai, CN;

Assignee:

Volvo Car Corporation, Gothenburg, SE;

Attorneys:

Clements Bernard Walker

Christopher L. Bernard

Primary Examiner:

Zixuan Zhou

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 58/26 (2019.01); H02S 40/30 (2014.01); H02S 40/38 (2014.01); H02S 40/42 (2014.01); H01M 10/613 (2014.01); H01M 10/625 (2014.01); H01M 10/63 (2014.01); B60L 53/60 (2019.01); B60L 53/51 (2019.01); H01M 10/44 (2006.01); H01M 10/46 (2006.01); H01M 10/48 (2006.01); H02J 7/35 (2006.01); B60J 7/043 (2006.01); B60K 6/22 (2007.10);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 58/26 (2019.02); B60L 53/51 (2019.02); B60L 53/60 (2019.02); H01M 10/443 (2013.01); H01M 10/465 (2013.01); H01M 10/486 (2013.01); H01M 10/613 (2015.04); H01M 10/625 (2015.04); H01M 10/63 (2015.04); H02J 7/35 (2013.01); H02S 40/30 (2014.12); H02S 40/38 (2014.12); H02S 40/425 (2014.12); B60J 7/043 (2013.01); B60K 6/22 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/91 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/92 (2013.01); B60Y 2300/91 (2013.01); B60Y 2306/05 (2013.01); B60Y 2400/216 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01); Y02E 10/50 (2013.01);
Abstract

A power battery cooling system of an electric vehicle, including: a cooling circuit configured for cooling a power battery of the electric vehicle; a solar sunroof; and a sunroof control unit configured for controlling the operation of the cooling circuit and the electric energy output of the solar sunroof; wherein the sunroof control unit is configured to start a power battery cooling operation based on the solar sunroof in the condition that the power battery is not in a high voltage output state and the temperature of the power battery is higher than a temperature threshold, the power battery cooling operation including: controlling the solar sunroof to output electric energy to the cooling circuit so that the cooling circuit performs the cooling of the power battery using the electric energy from the solar sunroof.

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