System and method for managing electrical power drawn from a vehicle alternator
AssigneeThermo King Corporation
InventorsAndreu Vidal Clos, Ryan Wayne Schumacher
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Abstract
The present application relates to a system for managing electrical power drawn from a vehicle alternator to supply power to an auxiliary system The system comprises a controller configured to: determine an output voltage of the vehicle alternator; perform a comparison of the output voltage of the vehicle alternator to a threshold; and adjust a power demand of the auxiliary system according to the result of the comparison.
Claims20
A system for managing electrical power drawn from a vehicle alternator to supply power to an auxiliary system, the system comprising:
- a controller configured to:
- determine an output voltage (Valt) of the vehicle alternator;
- perform a comparison of the output voltage (Valt) of the vehicle alternator to a threshold;
- and
- adjust a power demanded by the auxiliary system from the vehicle alternator according to the result of the comparison to ensure that the power demanded by the auxiliary system can be supplied without drawing electrical power from a battery of the vehicle.
A method for managing electrical power drawn from a vehicle alternator to supply power to an auxiliary system, the method comprising:
- determining an output voltage of the vehicle alternator;
- performing a comparison of the output voltage of the vehicle alternator to a threshold;
- and
- adjusting a power demanded by the auxiliary system from the vehicle alternator according to the result of the comparison to ensure that the power demanded by the auxiliary system can be supplied without drawing electrical power from a battery of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.