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US 2020/0287401 A1Published application
Methods and system for add-on battery
AssigneeGreen Cubes Technology, LLC
InventorsJesper Martaeng, Mohammed Alobaidi, Anthony Cooper
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Abstract
Systems and methods for operating an add-on battery that may be electrically coupled to a second system that includes an electrical energy storage device are presented. In one example, the systems and methods provide for extending operation of the second system via selectively powering the second system via the add-on battery in response to operating conditions of the second system.
Claims20
An add-on battery system, comprising:
- a battery;
- a bi-directional DC/DC converter including an H-bridge comprising a transformer positioned in a horizontal circuit extending between two vertical circuits, a first of the two vertical circuits including two transistors and a second of the two vertical circuits including two additional transistors;
- and
- a controller including instructions stored in non-transitory memory to direct current flow into the battery and out of the battery via the bi-directional DC/DC converter in response to conditions of an external electrical energy storage device.
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An add-on battery system, comprising:
- a battery;
- a bi-directional DC/DC converter including an H-bridge comprising a transformer positioned in a horizontal circuit extending between two vertical circuits;
- and
- a controller including instructions stored in non-transitory memory to direct current flow into the battery and out of the battery via the bi-directional DC/DC converter in response to conditions of an external electrical energy storage device.
1 more element
An add-on battery operating method, comprising:
- supplying electrical power from a first electrical energy storage device in a first system to a second electrical energy storage device in a second system in response to electric current being supplied from the second electrical energy storage device to an external load, the second system not part of the first system, the electrical power supplied via a bi-directional DC/DC converter in the first system;
- and
- supplying the electrical power from the first electrical energy storage device to the second electrical energy storage device in response to a voltage of the second electrical energy storage device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.