# US 12,179,608 B2 · Monitoring and managing temperature of power packs > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,179,608 B2 - Document ID: US12179608B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/075,358 - Filed: 2022-12-05 - Published: 2023-06-08 - Granted: 2024-12-31 - Earliest claimed: 2021-12-03 - Assignees: Sustainable Energy Technologies, Inc. - Applicants: Sustainable Energy Technologies, Inc. - Inventors: John Cronin - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12179608B2 ## CPC - B60L 3/0046: {relating to electric energy storage systems, e.g. batteries or capacitors} - H02J 7/82: Control of state of charge [SOC] - B60L 50/40: using propulsion power supplied by capacitors - B60L 58/26: by cooling - B60L 58/27: by heating - B60W 10/26: for electrical energy, e.g. batteries or capacitors - H01G 11/18: against thermal overloads, e.g. heating, cooling or ventilating - H02J 7/975: {in response to temperature} - B60L 2240/545: Temperature - B60L 2260/50: by future state prediction - H01G 11/08: Structural combinations, e.g. assembly or connection, of hybrid or EDL capacitors with other electric components, at least one hybrid or EDL capacitor being the main component - H01G 11/10: Multiple hybrid or EDL capacitors, e.g. arrays or modules (housings, cases, encapsulations or mountings thereof H01G11/78) - H02J 2105/37: exchanging power with electric vehicles [EV] or with hybrid electric vehicles [HEV] - H02J 2207/50: Charging of capacitors, supercapacitors, ultra-capacitors or double layer capacitors - 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 - H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY - B60W: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT - H01G: CAPACITORS; CAPACITORS, RECTIFIERS, DETECTORS, SWITCHING DEVICES, LIGHT-SENSITIVE OR TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE DEVICES OF THE ELECTROLYTIC TYPE (selection of specified materials as dielectric H01B3/00; capacitors having potential barriers H10D1/62, H10K10/10) ## Abstract Systems and methods for monitoring and managing temperature of power packs of supercapacitors are disclosed. The system comprises a plurality of supercapacitor power packs associated with an electric motor. Further, an energy database is provided and configured to store data related to the charge of the supercapacitor power packs and thermal energy requirements related to the supercapacitor power packs. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system for monitoring power packs and temperature management of the power packs, the system comprising: one or more sensors configured to monitor thermal energy associated with a set of supercapacitor power packs integrated with an electric motor; a connection interface that receives information from the one or more sensors regarding a current measurement of thermal energy associated with the set of supercapacitor power packs; and a processor that executes instructions stored in memory, wherein the processor executes the instructions to: detect a thermal event associated with the set of supercapacitor power packs based on the received measurement of thermal energy, compare a thermal efficiency to a threshold value, determine that the detected thermal event is associated with a state of charging circuitry for the set of supercapacitor power packs, wherein the determined state of the charging circuitry is further based on the comparing of the thermal efficiency to the threshold value, and wherein the determined state of the charging circuitry is one of an ON state or an OFF state, and switch the charging circuitry between the ON state and the OFF state to control charging of the set of supercapacitor power packs based on the determined state. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the processor executes further instructions to determine a current state of the charging circuitry, and wherein switching the charging circuitry between the ON state and the OFF state includes switching the charging circuitry from the current state to the determined state. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, further comprising: thermal control hardware that regulates a temperature of the set of supercapacitor power packs based on the determined state of the charging circuitry. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The system of claim 3, wherein the thermal control hardware comprises at least one of a heating element or a cooling element. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The system of claim 3, wherein the thermal control hardware is associated with a low temperature power source, wherein the thermal control hardware warms one or more supercapacitors of the set of supercapacitor power packs while an ambient temperature is below a predetermined temperature. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the determined state of the charging circuitry includes individual control of each of the set of supercapacitor power packs. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the processor executes further instructions to determine at least one of a charge level or a charge rate of each of the set of supercapacitor power packs, and wherein the determined state of the charging circuitry is further based on at least the one of the charge level or the charge rate. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein switching the charging circuitry between the ON state and the OFF state is also based on a predetermined threshold amount of charge to be stored by the set of supercapacitor power packs. ### Claim 9 A method for monitoring power packs and temperature management of the power packs, method comprising: monitoring thermal energy associated with a set of supercapacitor power packs integrated with an electric motor via one or more sensors; receiving information at a connection interface, the information received from the one or more sensors regarding a current measurement of thermal energy associated with the set of supercapacitor power packs; and executing instructions stored in memory, wherein executing the instructions by a processor: detects a thermal event associated with the set of supercapacitor power packs based on the received measurement of thermal energy, compares a thermal efficiency to a threshold value, determines that the detected thermal event is associated with a state of charging circuitry for the set of supercapacitor power packs, wherein the determined state of the charging circuitry is further based on the comparison, and wherein the determined state of the charging circuitry is one of an ON state or an OFF state, and switches the charging circuitry between the ON state and the OFF state to control charging of the set of supercapacitor power packs based on the determined state. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the instructions are further executed to determine a current state of the charging circuitry, and wherein switching the charging circuitry between the ON state and the OFF state includes switching the charging circuitry from the current state to the determined state. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the instructions are further executed to regulate a temperature of the set of supercapacitor power packs using thermal control hardware based on the determined state of the charging circuitry. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the thermal control hardware comprises at least one of a heating element or a cooling element. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the thermal control hardware is associated with a low temperature power source, wherein the thermal control hardware warms one or more supercapacitors of the set of supercapacitor power packs while an ambient temperature is below a predetermined temperature. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the determined state of the charging circuitry includes individual control of each of the set of supercapacitor power packs. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the instructions are further executed to determine at least one of a charge level or a charge rate of each of the set of supercapacitor power packs, and wherein the determined state of the charging circuitry is further based on at least the one of the charge level or the charge rate. ### Claim 16 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein switching the charging circuitry between the ON state and the OFF state is also based on a predetermined threshold amount of charge to be stored by the set of supercapacitor power packs. ### Claim 17 A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium, having embodied thereon a program executable by a processor to perform a method for monitoring power packs and temperature management of the power packs, the method comprising: monitoring thermal energy associated with a set of supercapacitor power packs integrated with an electric motor via one or more sensors; receiving information at a connection interface, the information received from the one or more sensors regarding a current measurement of thermal energy associated with the set of supercapacitor power packs; and executing instructions stored in memory, wherein executing the instructions by a processor: detects a thermal event associated with the set of supercapacitor power packs based on the received measurement of thermal energy, compares a thermal efficiency to a threshold value, determines that the detected thermal event is associated with a state of charging circuitry for the set of supercapacitor power packs, wherein the determined state of the charging circuitry is further based on the comparison, and wherein the determined state of the charging circuitry is one of an ON state or an OFF state, and switches the charging circuitry between the ON state and the OFF state to control charging of the set of supercapacitor power packs based on the determined state.