Systems and methods for configurable battery charging
AssigneeHadal, Inc.
InventorRichard J. Rikoski
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Abstract
A method for charging a battery set of an autonomous vehicle including: determining charging requirements of the battery set of the autonomous vehicle via a communication from the autonomous vehicle to a charging station, in response to the communication from the autonomous vehicle, connecting a plurality of batteries of the charging station in a first combination to match the charging requirements of the battery set of the autonomous vehicle; and charging the battery set of the autonomous vehicle using the plurality of batteries of the charging station in the first combination.
Claims13
A method for charging a battery set of an autonomous vehicle comprising:
- determining charging requirements of the battery set of the autonomous vehicle, wherein determining the charging requirements of the battery set further comprises:
- determining a temperature of at least one of a volume of water surrounding the battery set, a battery of the battery set, and a battery cell;
- and
- determining the charging requirements of the battery set based on the temperature;
- connecting a plurality of batteries of the charging station in a first combination to match the charging requirements of the battery set of the autonomous vehicle;
- and
- charging the battery set of the autonomous vehicle using the plurality of batteries of the charging station in the first combination.
A system for charging a battery set of an autonomous underwater vehicle comprising:
- a docking station including a charging station with a first plurality of batteries, each battery of the first plurality of batteries including a first plurality of battery cells, wherein one or more electrical connections between batteries of the first plurality of batteries are configurable;
- a controller arranged to configure the one or more electrical connections between the batteries of the first plurality of batteries to generate a first charging voltage;
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- an interface arranged to enable charging of the battery set of the autonomous underwater vehicle having a second one or more batteries, each battery of the second one or more batteries including a second plurality of battery cells;
- wherein the first charging voltage meets a charging requirement of charging requirements of the battery set of the autonomous underwater vehicle;
- and
- the controller being further arranged to determine the charging requirements of the battery set of the autonomous vehicle, wherein determining the charging requirements of the battery set further comprises:
- determining a temperature of at least one of a volume of water surrounding the battery set, a battery of the battery set, and a battery cell;
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- determining the charging requirements of the battery set based on the temperature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.