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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2024
Eaton Intelligent Power Limited, Dublin, IE;
Thomas Joseph Stoltz, Allen Park, MI (US);
Matthew Richard Busdiecker, Beverly Hills, MI (US);
Sarah Elizabeth Behringer, Redford, MI (US);
Elizabeth Jane Mercer, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Viken Rafi Yeranosian, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Glenn Clark Fortune, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Lesley Earl Candler, Milford, MI (US);
Nicole Downing, Ferndale, MI (US);
EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED, Dublin, IE;
Abstract
An example system includes a motor/generator selectively coupled to a drive line of a vehicle, and configured to selectively modulate power transfer between an electrical load and the drive line; a battery pack; a DC/DC converter electrically interposed between the motor/generator and the electrical load, and between the battery pack and the electrical load; a covering tray positioned over a plurality of batteries of the battery pack, the covering tray comprising a connectivity layer that has a charging circuit allowing each of the plurality of batteries to be discharged individually; a plurality of battery microcontrollers, each of the plurality of battery microcontrollers associated with a corresponding one of a plurality of batteries of the battery pack; and a primary DC/DC controller configured to command operations of the DC/DC converter; wherein the plurality of battery microcontrollers are operationally coupled to the primary DC/DC controller.