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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2014
Applicant:
Tesla Motors, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Joseph Mardall, San Francisco, CA (US);
Christopher H. Van Dyke, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Tesla Motors, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/04 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); H01M 10/625 (2014.01); H01M 10/656 (2014.01); H01M 10/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 11/1874 (2013.01); B60L 11/1816 (2013.01); B60L 11/1875 (2013.01); H01M 10/625 (2015.04); H01M 10/656 (2015.04); B60L 11/1877 (2013.01); H01M 10/443 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of thermally conditioning an energy storage of a vehicle while charging includes: receiving, at a charging station, thermal information about the energy storage; supplying, by the charging station, electric energy to the energy storage in a charging session; and providing, by the charging station and based on the thermal information, thermal conditioning of the energy storage during at least part of the charging session.