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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2014
Applicant:
Joel Robert Williams, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Joel Robert Williams, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/076 (2012.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); B60L 3/12 (2006.01); B60L 7/18 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/076 (2013.01); B60L 3/12 (2013.01); B60L 7/18 (2013.01); B60L 11/1861 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for determining a road slope in an electric vehicle including determining the energy consumed or generated by a propulsion motor of the electric vehicle, determining the speed of the electric vehicle, and computing the road slope using samples of energy and speed of the electric vehicle. The method further including determining an optimal speed at which the vehicle should be driven for achieving maximum utility of energy.