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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025

Filed:

Dec. 10, 2021
Applicant:

Nuro, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Noopur Divekar, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Tao Yang, Martinez, CA (US);

Heba Mustufa, Mountain View, CA (US);

Bryan McLaughlin, Cambridge, MA (US);

Paul White, Mountain View, CA (US);

Quresh Sutarwala, Fremont, CA (US);

Prasanna Nambi, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

NURO, INC., Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 3/00 (2019.01); B60L 58/20 (2019.01); B60W 10/26 (2006.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 3/0046 (2013.01); B60L 58/20 (2019.02); B60W 10/26 (2013.01); B60W 30/181 (2013.01); B60W 60/0023 (2020.02); B60L 2210/10 (2013.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2420/408 (2024.01); B60W 2510/242 (2013.01); B60W 2710/242 (2013.01);
Abstract

According to one aspect, an autonomous vehicle includes hardware systems which receive relatively low voltage from a low voltage power distribution unit (LVPDU). An LVPDU includes a power source such as a DC-DC converter and a plurality of backup batteries. The plurality of backup batteries is configured to provide backup power to subsets of components arranged to effectively all be powered by the power source onboard the LVPDU. The backup batteries may be tested, substantially while LVPDU is being used to provide power. The backup batteries may be charged substantially in parallel.


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