US 12,606,107 B2 · Auxiliary battery system of vehicle and method of using the same

Abstract

An auxiliary battery system of a vehicle and a method of using the same include an auxiliary battery, a switching module, and an auxiliary battery control module, and the auxiliary battery stores power used in a plurality of loads of the vehicle, and configured to provide the power to a first load and a second load among the plurality of loads in a state in which the vehicle is parked, the switching module is electrically connected between the auxiliary battery and the first load, and the auxiliary battery control module is configured to determine whether a vehicle communication network enters a sleep mode in the state where a vehicle is parked, turn on a switching module when it is determined that the vehicle communication network has not entered the sleep mode, and turn off the switching module when a predetermined time period has elapsed after it is determined that the vehicle communication network has entered the sleep mode.

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Dependent claims

An auxiliary battery system of a vehicle, the auxiliary battery system comprising:

an auxiliary battery configured to store power used for a plurality of loads of the vehicle, and configured to provide the power to a first load and a second load among the plurality of loads in a state in which the vehicle is parked;
a switching module electrically connected between the auxiliary battery and the first load;
and
an auxiliary battery control module configured to:
determine whether a vehicle communication network enters a sleep mode in the state where the vehicle is parked,
turn on the switching module when the auxiliary battery control module concludes that the vehicle communication network has not entered the sleep mode, and
turn off the switching module when a predetermined time period has elapsed after the auxiliary battery control module concludes that the vehicle communication network has entered the sleep mode.

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A method of using an auxiliary battery system of a vehicle, the auxiliary battery system of the vehicle including an auxiliary battery, a switching module, and an auxiliary battery control module, and being configured to control supply of a power to a first load and a second load among a plurality of loads, and the switching module being electrically connected between the auxiliary battery and the first load, the method comprising:

storing the power used for the plurality of loads of the vehicle by the auxiliary battery;
providing the power to the first load and the second load among the plurality of loads in a state in which the vehicle is parked;
in the state in which the vehicle is parked, determining, by the auxiliary battery control module, whether a vehicle communication network enters a sleep mode;
turning on the switching module, by the auxiliary battery control module, when the auxiliary battery control module concludes that the vehicle communication network has not entered the sleep mode;
and
turning off the switching module, by the auxiliary battery control module, when a predetermined time period elapses after the auxiliary battery control module concludes that the vehicle communication network has entered the sleep mode.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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