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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2022
Applicant:
Atieva, Inc., Newark, CA (US);
Inventors:
Fabrice Anthony Paccoret, Fremont, CA (US);
David Anthony Lickfold, Oakland, CA (US);
Sai Rajeev Devaragudi, Fremont, CA (US);
Jamie Wardlaw, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Atieva, Inc., Newark, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60K 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18118 (2013.01); B60K 1/00 (2013.01); B60K 2001/008 (2013.01); B60W 2710/105 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method of performing static heating of an electric motor comprises: applying a brake to a wheel of a vehicle that has an electric motor; determining an incline of the vehicle; and in response to the incline being within a first incline range, providing first current to the electric motor for static heating, the first current selected so as to not produce torque in the electric motor.