# US 11,993,173 B2 · Advanced storage battery shipping feature > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,993,173 B2 - Document ID: US11993173B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/363,385 - Filed: 2021-06-30 - Published: 2023-01-05 - Granted: 2024-05-28 - Earliest claimed: 2021-06-30 - Assignees: Fca US LLC - Applicants: Basil M Khaja; Joseph B Adams; David R Pedro; Rohit V Koli; Leo Bauer - Inventors: Basil M Khaja; Joseph B Adams; David R Pedro; Rohit V Koli; Leo Bauer - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11993173B2 ## CPC - B60L 58/12: responding to state of charge [SoC] - B60L 58/16: responding to battery ageing, e.g. to the number of charging cycles or the state of health [SoH] - H01M 10/44: Methods for charging or discharging (circuits for charging H02J7/00) - H01M 10/48: Accumulators combined with arrangements for measuring, testing or indicating the condition of cells, e.g. the level or density of the electrolyte (constructional details of current conducting connections for detecting conditions inside cells or batteries, e.g. details of voltage sensing terminals, H01M50/569) - H02J 7/82: Control of state of charge [SOC] - H02J 7/933: {the cycle being controlled or terminated in response to electric parameters} - H02J 7/96: in response to battery voltage - B60L 2240/547: Voltage - B60L 2240/549: Current - H01M 2220/20: Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane - H02J 2105/37: exchanging power with electric vehicles [EV] or with hybrid electric vehicles [HEV] - B60L: PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K1/00, B60K6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K17/12, B60K17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES - H01M: PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY - H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY ## Abstract Battery management techniques for a vehicle include a set of sensors configured to measure a set of parameters of a battery of the vehicle and a controller configured to control recharging of the battery to a first target state of charge (SOC) corresponding to optimized battery life when a mileage of the vehicle is less than a threshold mileage corresponding to an expected transport period of the vehicle, wherein controlling the recharging of the battery to the first target SOC prevents battery malfunctions and thereby reduces vehicle warranty costs for an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of the vehicle, and control recharging of the battery to a second target SOC determined by a cost-based optimization technique when the mileage of the vehicle reaches the threshold mileage. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A battery management system for a vehicle, the system comprising: a set of sensors configured to measure a set of parameters of a battery of the vehicle; and a controller configured to: initiate a shipping mode of the vehicle during which the vehicle is expected to be in transport to a destination; and during the shipping mode of the vehicle, control recharging of the battery to a first target state of charge (SOC) corresponding to optimized battery life when a mileage of the vehicle is less than a threshold mileage corresponding to the shipping mode, wherein controlling the recharging of the battery to the first target SOC prevents battery malfunctions and thereby reduces vehicle warranty costs for an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of the vehicle; end the shipping mode of the vehicle when the vehicle mileage reaches the threshold mileage; and control recharging of the battery to a second target SOC determined by a cost-based optimization technique when the vehicle is no longer in the shipping mode. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the battery is a lithium ion (Li-ion) battery having the set of sensors integrated therein. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2, wherein the first target SOC is 85-90%. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2, wherein the Li-ion battery has a Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) composition, which provides for a higher first target SOC compared to an absorbent glass mat (AGM) battery. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the battery is an absorbent glass mat (AGM) battery, and one of the set of sensors is a voltage sensor integrated in the AGM battery. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The system of claim 5, wherein the first target SOC is 80-85%. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the threshold mileage is 50 miles. ### Claim 8 A battery management method for a vehicle, the method comprising: measuring, by a set of sensors, a set of parameters of a battery of the vehicle; initiating, by a controller of the vehicle, a shipping mode of the vehicle during which the vehicle is expected to be in transport to a destination; during the shipping mode of the vehicle, controlling, by the controller, recharging of the battery to a first target state of charge (SOC) corresponding to optimized battery life when a mileage of the vehicle is less than a threshold mileage corresponding to the shipping mode, wherein controlling the recharging of the battery to the first target SOC prevents battery malfunctions and thereby reduces vehicle warranty costs for an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of the vehicle; end the shipping mode of the vehicle when the vehicle mileage reaches the threshold mileage; and controlling, by the controller, recharging of the battery to a second target SOC determined by a cost-based optimization technique when the vehicle is no longer in the shipping mode. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the battery is a lithium ion (Li-ion) battery having the set of sensors integrated therein. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the first target SOC is 85-90%. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the Li-ion battery has a Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) composition, which provides for a higher first target SOC compared to an absorbent glass mat (AGM) battery. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the battery is an absorbent glass mat (AGM) battery, and one of the set of sensors is a voltage sensor integrated in the AGM battery. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the first target SOC is 80-85%. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the threshold mileage is 50 miles.