Systems and methods for plug-in electric vehicle accessory recharging during battery charge
AssigneeCummins Inc.
InventorsMartin T. Books, Richard A. Booth, Erik L. Piper, Patrick Sill
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Abstract
Systems and methods to control an electric vehicle accessory of an electric vehicle during a charge event are provided. An apparatus includes a controller communicatively coupled to a battery and an electric vehicle accessory. The controller is structured to: receive a battery power limit from the battery management system; receive an indication that the battery is undergoing the charge event; and cause the electric vehicle accessory to recharge by absorbing energy from a charging station during the charge event.
Claims20
An apparatus structured to control an electric vehicle accessory of an electric vehicle during a charge event, the apparatus comprising:
- a battery management system structured to control power flow to a battery;
- an inverter structured to power the electric vehicle accessory;
- a controller coupled to the battery and the electric vehicle accessory, the controller structured to:
- receive a battery power limit from the battery management system;
- receive an indication that the battery is undergoing the charge event;
- and
- cause the electric vehicle accessory to charge by absorbing energy from a charging station during the charge event.
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a controller of an electric vehicle, a battery power limit of a battery of the electric vehicle;
- receiving, by the controller, an indication that the battery of the electric vehicle is undergoing a charge event;
- and
- causing, by the controller, an electric vehicle accessory of the electric vehicle to operate or charge by absorbing energy from a charging station during the charge event.
A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer-executable instructions embodied therein that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing system, cause the computing system to perform operations comprising:
- receiving an indication that a battery of an electric vehicle is undergoing a charge event;
- and
- causing an electric vehicle accessory of the electric vehicle to operate or charge by absorbing energy from a charging station during the charge event.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.