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AssigneeCummins Electrified Power NA Inc.
InventorsAndrew Frank, Chan-Chiao Lin, Patrick Kaufman, Sean Fountain, Bram Bonsen
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Vehicles that are capable of connecting to the AC grid are described that comprise a prime mover and at least one motor generator. In one embodiment, a vehicle may be constructed as a plug-in hybrid system and using the powertrain under controller instruction to either place power on an AC power line (to service AC grids) or to draw power from the AC power line to add electrical energy to the batteries on the vehicle. In some aspects, vehicles may test whether the power needed to service the AC power line may be satisfied by the on-vehicle batteries or, if not, whether and how much power to extract from the prime mover. In some aspects, vehicles may have a thermal management system on board to dynamically supply desired heat dissipation for the powertrain, if the powertrain is using the prime mover to supply power to the AC grid.
A server for managing a connection between a vehicle and an AC power line, the server in communication with the vehicle and the AC power line and configured to:
A vehicle to grid system comprising:
A non-transient computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when read by one or more processors, causes a server in communication with a vehicle and a AC power line to perform the following:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.