IP Library Granted Patent US 12,128,789
Granted Patent B2
US 12,128,789 · App. 18/135,513 · Granted Oct 29, 2024

Devices, systems, and methods for mitigating vehicle power loss in battery mode

Inventor: Joshua S. Smith (Livonia, MI)
Assignee: ARGO AI, LLC
B60L58/10B60L2240/547
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Patent No.
US 12,128,789
App. No.
18/135,513
Granted
Oct 29, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Devices, systems, and methods are provided for mitigating vehicle power loss. A vehicle charging system may include a power supply, and a voltage control device associated with receiving first voltage from the power supply, providing the first voltage to a hybrid vehicle or a battery electric vehicle, and blocking a second voltage from the hybrid vehicle or the battery electric vehicle, wherein the vehicle charging system is external to the hybrid vehicle or the battery electric vehicle.

Claims (33)

1. A vehicle voltage system comprising:

a first power supply;

a voltage control device configured to:

receive a first voltage from the first power supply;

provide the first voltage to a low-voltage battery of a battery hybrid electric vehicle;

block a backfeed current from a high-voltage battery of the battery hybrid electric vehicle to the low-voltage battery; and

a communication interface to communicate vehicle sensor data from a computer of the battery hybrid electric vehicle to one or more external computing devices when connected to the first power supply.

2. The vehicle voltage system of claim 1 , wherein the voltage control device is further configured to provide the first voltage to the low-voltage battery of the battery hybrid electric vehicle when a second power supply of the battery hybrid electric vehicle is off and when a third voltage of the low-voltage battery of the battery hybrid electric vehicle is below a threshold voltage.

3. The vehicle voltage system of claim 1 , wherein the voltage control device is further configured to block the second voltage when a second power supply of the battery hybrid electric vehicle is on.

4. The vehicle voltage system of claim 1 , wherein the voltage control device comprises a diode.

5. The vehicle voltage system of claim 1 , wherein the voltage control device comprises a relay monitor circuit.

6. The vehicle voltage system of claim 1 , wherein the first power supply is a twelve-volt power supply.

7. A method for a battery hybrid electric vehicle, the method comprising:

generating, by a power supply of a vehicle voltage system external to the battery hybrid electric vehicle, a first voltage for a voltage control device of the vehicle voltage system;

providing, from the voltage control device, the first voltage to a low-voltage battery of the battery hybrid electric vehicle;

blocking a backfeed current from a high-voltage battery of the battery hybrid electric vehicle to the low-voltage battery; and

communicating, by a communication interface, vehicle sensor data from a computer of the battery hybrid electric vehicle to one or more external computing devices when connected to the power supply.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising detecting, by the voltage control device, that a second voltage is below a threshold voltage, wherein providing the first voltage to the low-powered battery of the battery hybrid electric vehicle is based on the detecting.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the voltage control device comprises a diode.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the voltage control device comprises a relay monitor circuit.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein the power supply is a twelve-volt power supply.

12. A vehicle voltage system comprising:

a first power supply external to a battery hybrid electric vehicle; and

a voltage control device external to the battery hybrid electric vehicle, the voltage control device configured to:

receive a first voltage from the first power supply;

provide the first voltage to a low-voltage battery of the battery hybrid electric vehicle;

block a backfeed current from a high-voltage battery of the battery hybrid electric vehicle to the low-voltage battery; and

a communication interface to communicate vehicle sensor data from a computer of the battery hybrid electric vehicle to one or more external computing devices when connected to the first power supply.

13. The vehicle voltage system of claim 12 , wherein the voltage control device is further configured to provide the first voltage to the low-voltage battery of the battery hybrid electric vehicle when a second power supply of the battery hybrid electric vehicle is off and when a third voltage of the low-voltage battery of the battery hybrid electric vehicle is below a threshold voltage.

14. The vehicle voltage system of claim 12 , wherein the voltage control device is further configured to block the second voltage when a second power supply of the battery hybrid electric vehicle is on.

15. The vehicle voltage system of claim 12 , wherein the voltage control device comprises a diode.

16. The vehicle voltage system of claim 12 , wherein the voltage control device comprises a relay monitor circuit.

17. The vehicle voltage system of claim 12 , wherein the first power supply is a twelve-volt power supply.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 7, 2024
From: ARGO AI, LLC
To: VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA INVESTMENTS, LLC
Reel/Frame 069113/0265 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 25, 2023
From: SMITH, JOSHUA S.
To: ARGO AI, LLC
Reel/Frame 063425/0588 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17083836 · Oct 29, 2020
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