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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2009
Robert M. Lattin, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Robert M. Lattin, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Thermo King Corporation, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
An electrical storage element control system for a vehicle. The control system includes electrical storage elements electrically coupled to each other in parallel, switch devices, and a controller. Each of the electrical storage elements defines a total storage capacity and having a state of charge cooperatively defining a total stored charge, and is adapted to be in electrical communication with an electrical load and a power source. The switch devices are electrically coupled to the electrical storage elements such that each switch device is associated with a corresponding electrical storage element and is operable between connected and disconnected states. The controller is in electrical communication with the switch devices to selectively vary each of the switch devices between the connected state and the disconnected state to connect and disconnect one or more of the electrical storage elements relative to the load based on the total stored charges and relative to the power source based on the total storage capacities of the electrical storage elements.