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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:
Feb. 10, 2026

Filed:

May. 31, 2023
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Kolkata, IN;

Sudheesh S. Kairali, Kozhikode, IN;

Binoy Thomas, Kozhikode, IN;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 58/18 (2019.01); B60L 58/16 (2019.01); B60L 58/24 (2019.01); G01R 31/00 (2006.01); G01R 31/367 (2019.01); G01R 31/382 (2019.01); G01R 31/396 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 58/18 (2019.02); B60L 58/16 (2019.02); B60L 58/24 (2019.02); G01R 31/007 (2013.01); G01R 31/367 (2019.01); G01R 31/382 (2019.01); G01R 31/396 (2019.01); B60L 2240/70 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for selecting a sequence of battery usage in EVs. The method includes identifying a health status of each battery in a battery pack, wherein the health status comprises power availability. The method further includes configuring usage of each battery individually, based on the identified health status of each battery in the battery pack, and estimating a power requirement for a context of travel, wherein the context of travel comprises at least one or more of the following: a selection of a route; road parameters; weather parameters; traffic conditions; and additional power required by a vehicle for various services to a user. The method further includes selecting a sequence of battery usage, for each battery in the battery pack, based on the estimated power requirement for traveling the route.


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