Adaptive regeneration systems for electric vehicles
AssigneePremergy, Inc.
InventorsRichard Edward Botts, Blakely Lane Fabiani
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Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for adaptive regeneration systems for electric vehicles. In one embodiment, an example method may include determining, by an adaptive regeneration system, that an electric vehicle is decelerating, determining an output voltage of a power source at the electric vehicle, determining that a voltage potential of a battery system at the electric vehicle is greater than the output voltage, and causing the voltage potential of the battery system to be modified to a value equal to or less than the output voltage.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- determining, by one or more computer processors coupled to at least one memory, that an electric vehicle is decelerating;
- determining an output voltage of a power source at the electric vehicle;
- determining that a voltage potential of a battery system at the electric vehicle is greater than the output voltage;
- and
- causing the voltage potential of the battery system to be modified to a value equal to or less than the output voltage.
An adaptive regeneration system for an electric vehicle comprising:
- a power source;
- a set of batteries configured to receive energy from the power source;
- and
- a controller configured to change a configuration between respective batteries of the set of batteries from a series configuration to a parallel configuration;
- wherein the respective batteries of the set of batteries are configured to charge and discharge at different voltages.
A charging system comprising:
- a set of batteries;
- one or more switches or mosfets configured to create series or parallel connections between individual batteries of the set of batteries;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- determine that an electric vehicle is decelerating;
- cause a first generator to generate power;
- determine that brakes of the electric vehicle are engaged;
- and
- cause a second generator to generate power.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.