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Granted Patent B2
US 12,043,129 · App. 18/115,407 · Granted Jul 23, 2024

Systems and methods for disabling an electric vehicle during charging

Inventor: Herman Wiegman (South Burlington, VT)
Assignee: BETA AIR, LLC
B60L53/16B60L53/60H02J7/0031H02J7/0036H02J7/0042B60L2200/10
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Patent No.
US 12,043,129
App. No.
18/115,407
Granted
Jul 23, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system for disabling an electric vehicle during charging, including an energy storage device, the energy storage device attached to an electric vehicle. T The system including a charging port, wherein the charging port is configured to engage with a charging connector, the charging port disposed on the electric vehicle and electrically connected to the energy storage device. The system also including a presence sensor, the presence sensor communicatively connected to the charging port, the presence sensor configured to detect whether the charging connector is engaged with the charging port. Additionally, the system including an interlock component, the interlock component configured to disable the electric vehicle when the charging connector is engaged with the charging port.

Claims (36)

1. A system for disabling an electric vehicle during charging, comprising:

an energy storage device, the energy storage device attached to the electric vehicle;

a charging port, the charging port disposed on the electric vehicle and electrically connected to the energy storage device to create a charging connection between the charging port and the charging connector, wherein the charging port is configured to engage with a charging connector;

a charging sensor, the charging sensor configured to:

detect a charging characteristic of the charging port; and

generate a charging datum based on the charging characteristic;

an interlock component, the interlock component configured to disable the electric vehicle when the charging connector is engaged with the charging port; and

a controller, the controller configured to:

receive the charging datum from the charging sensor; and

determine a disruption element as a function of the charging datum.

2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a presence sensor communicatively connected to the charging port.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the presence sensor comprises a proximity signal conductor, wherein the proximity signal conductor is configured to carry a proximity signal indicative of engagement of the charging port with the charging connector.

4. The system of claim 2 , wherein the presence sensor comprises a continuity sensor, wherein the continuity sensor is configured to measure whether a socket of the charging port is part of an electrical path.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to enable the interlock component as a function of determining the disruption element.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the charging datum comprises a temperature of the energy storage device.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein determining the disruption element comprises comparing the temperature of the energy storage device to a temperature threshold.

8. The system of claim 2 , wherein the presence sensor is electrically connected to a presence sensing socket of the charging port.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to generate an alert signal as a function of determining the disruption element.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the controller is further configured to display an alert on a display as a function of the alert signal.

11. A method of disabling an electric vehicle during charging, comprising:

detecting, by a charging sensor, a charging characteristic of a charging port disposed on the electric vehicle and electrically connected to an energy storage device;

generating, by the charging sensor, a charging datum as a function of the charging characteristic;

receiving, by a controller, the charging datum from the charging sensor;

disabling, by the controller, an interlock component if the charging connector is detected to be engaged with the charging port, wherein disabling the interlock component disables the electric vehicle; and

determining, by the controller, a disruption element as a function of the charging datum.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising detecting whether the charging connector is engaged with the charging port using a presence sensor, wherein the presence sensor is communicatively connected to the charging port.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the presence sensor comprises a proximity signal conductor, wherein the proximity signal conductor is configured to carry a proximity signal indicative of engagement of the charging port with the charging connector.

14. The method of claim 12 , further comprising measuring, by continuity sensor of the presence sensor, whether a socket of the charging port is part of an electrical path.

15. The method of claim 11 , further comprising enabling, by the controller, the interlock component as a function of determining the disruption element.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein the charging datum comprises a temperature of the energy storage device.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein determining the disruption element comprises comparing the temperature of the energy storage device to a temperature threshold.

18. The method of claim 12 , wherein the presence sensor is electrically connected to a presence sensing socket of the charging port.

19. The method of claim 11 , further comprising generating, by the controller, an alert signal as a function of determining the disruption element.

20. The method of claim 19 , further comprising displaying, by the controller, an alert on a display as a function of the alert signal.

21. The system of claim 1 , wherein the electric vehicle comprises an electric aircraft.

22. The method of claim 11 , wherein the electric vehicle comprises an electric aircraft.

Continuity (2)
Continuation 17515501 · Oct 31, 2021
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