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Patent No.:

US 9457666 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 30, 2012

Method and apparatus for supplying auxiliary electrical power to an electric or hybrid vehicle

Applicants:

Kenneth G. Caldeira, Redwood City, CA (US);

Alistair K. Chan, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);

Daniel B. Cook, Seattle, WA (US);

William David Duncan, Kirkland, WA (US);

Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);

Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, CA (US);

Jordin T. Kare, Seattle, WA (US);

John Latham, Boulder, CO (US);

Stephen H. Salter, Edinburgh, GB;

Clarence T. Tegreene, Bellevue, WA (US);

David B. Tuckerman, Lafayette, CA (US);

Thomas A. Weaver, San Mateo, CA (US);

Charles Whitmer, North Bend, WA (US);

Victoria Y. H. Wood, Livermore, CA (US);

Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);

Inventors:

Kenneth G. Caldeira, Redwood City, CA (US);

Alistair K. Chan, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);

Daniel B. Cook, Seattle, WA (US);

William David Duncan, Kirkland, WA (US);

Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);

Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, CA (US);

Jordin T. Kare, Seattle, WA (US);

John Latham, Boulder, CO (US);

Stephen H. Salter, Edinburgh, GB;

Clarence T. Tegreene, Bellevue, WA (US);

David B. Tuckerman, Lafayette, CA (US);

Thomas A. Weaver, San Mateo, CA (US);

Charles Whitmer, North Bend, WA (US);

Victoria Y. H. Wood, Livermore, CA (US);

Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);

Assignee:

ELWHA LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:

Jared Fureman

Assistant Examiner:

Alfonso Perez Borroto

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 1/00 (2006.01); B60L 3/00 (2006.01); B60L 7/18 (2006.01); B60L 11/12 (2006.01); B60L 11/14 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 3/0046 (2013.01); B60L 7/18 (2013.01); B60L 11/123 (2013.01); B60L 11/126 (2013.01); B60L 11/14 (2013.01); B60L 11/1816 (2013.01); B60L 11/1861 (2013.01); B60L 11/1864 (2013.01); B60L 2200/12 (2013.01); B60L 2200/18 (2013.01); B60L 2200/26 (2013.01); B60L 2200/28 (2013.01); B60L 2200/40 (2013.01); B60L 2240/545 (2013.01); B60L 2240/622 (2013.01); B60L 2250/16 (2013.01); B60L 2270/40 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6217 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7005 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7044 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7061 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7072 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7077 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7291 (2013.01); Y02T 90/14 (2013.01); Y02T 90/16 (2013.01); Y02T 90/162 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention may include a towable trailer being mechanically couplable to a vehicle, the towable trailer including an auxiliary battery housing unit, a wheel being rotatably connected to the towable trailer, an auxiliary battery disposed within the auxiliary battery housing unit of the towable trailer, the vehicle including a storage battery, the auxiliary battery of the towable trailer being electrically couplable with the storage battery of the vehicle via a bidirectional pathway, and a control system configured to control a transfer of electrical energy between the auxiliary battery of the towable trailer and the storage battery of the vehicle along the bidirectional pathway.

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