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US 12,623,734 B2Granted
Electric vehicle and balancing of an electric vehicle
AssigneeAudi AG
InventorShane Cannon
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Abstract
A method for balancing an electric vehicle is provided, in which a controller of an electric vehicle variably adjusts the disposition of a bracket with battery modules of a traction battery of the electric vehicle situated in the bracket relative to a chassis of the electric vehicle. An electric vehicle is also provided.
Claims10
A method for balancing an electric vehicle using a controller of the electric vehicle, the method comprising:
- variably adjusting the disposition of a bracket with battery modules of a traction battery of the electric vehicle situated in the bracket relative to a chassis of the electric vehicle;
- detecting, by a human-machine interface of the electric vehicle, an input of a passenger of the electric vehicle and sending a demand signal dependent on the detected input to the controller;
- and
- receiving, by the controller, the demand signal that was sent and adjusting the disposition of the bracket depending on the received demand signal,
- wherein variably adjusting the disposition of the bracket includes a first operation in which the entirety of the bracket and all battery modules situated therein are moved relative to the chassis, and
- wherein variably adjusting the disposition of the bracket includes winding up of the bracket with the battery modules situated in the bracket about a winding axis.
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An electric vehicle, comprising:
- a chassis;
- a bracket mounted on the chassis and movable relative to the chassis;
- battery modules of a traction battery situated in the bracket;
- a controller for variable adjusting of a disposition of the bracket relative to the chassis;
- and
- a human-machine interface functionally connected to the controller for detecting an input of a passenger of the electric vehicle and configured to carry out a method comprising:
- variably adjusting the disposition of the bracket relative to the chassis by detecting, by the human-machine interface of the electric vehicle, the input of the passenger of the electric vehicle and sending a demand signal dependent on the detected input to the controller, and receiving, by the controller, the demand signal that was sent and adjusting the disposition of the bracket depending on the received demand signal,
- wherein variably adjusting the disposition of the bracket includes a first operation in which the entirety of the bracket and all battery modules situated therein are moved relative to the chassis, and
- wherein variably adjusting of the disposition of the bracket includes winding up of the bracket with the battery modules situated in the bracket about a winding axis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.