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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2015
R.a. Phillips Industries, Inc., Santa Fe Springs, CA (US);
Adam Bean, Hacienda Heights, CA (US);
PHILLIPS CONNECT TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Santa Fe Springs, CA (US);
Abstract
There is provided a charging system configured to charge an auxiliary battery of a vehicle including a tractor, a trailer, and a converter coupled to the auxiliary battery, the charging system including a switch configured to electrically couple an electrical system of the tractor to the auxiliary battery, a diode network configured to receive electrical power from a plurality of auxiliary power sources and to supply power to the converter, and a controller configured to monitor a first input voltage at an input of the switch, a second input voltage at an output of the diode network, and an auxiliary battery voltage, and to control states of the switch and the converter based on the monitored first and second input voltages and the auxiliary battery voltage.
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