Multi-braking system battery life management
AssigneeCaterpillar Inc.
InventorKarl P. Schneider
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Abstract
Provided herein are systems and methods for managing battery life of a vehicle during a braking condition. For example, the system may include a battery, a traction motor communicably coupled to the battery, a processing circuit including one or more processors and memory, the memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the processing circuit to detect a braking event for the battery, receive metrics of the battery during the braking condition, and cause the traction motor to supply electrical charge to one or more secondary systems of the vehicle.
Claims20
An energy system for a vehicle, the energy system comprising:
- a battery;
- a traction motor communicably coupled to the battery;
- a processing circuit comprising one or more processors and memory, the memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the processing circuit to:
- detect a braking condition of the vehicle;
- receive one or more metrics of the battery during the braking condition;
- and
- cause the traction motor to supply electrical charge to at least one of the battery or a secondary system, according to the one or more metrics of the battery during the braking condition.
A vehicle, comprising:
- a battery;
- a traction motor communicably coupled to the battery;
- a processing circuit comprising one or more processors and memory, the memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the processing circuit to:
- detect a braking condition of the vehicle;
- receive one or more metrics of the battery during the braking condition;
- and
- cause the traction motor to supply electrical charge to at least one of the battery or a secondary system, according to the one or more metrics of the battery during the braking condition.
A method of managing a battery, the method comprising:
- detecting, by one or more processors, a braking condition of a vehicle;
- and
- responsive to detecting the braking condition,
- receive one or more metrics of the battery;
- compare the one or more metrics of the battery to a threshold;
- select a secondary system based on metrics exceeding the threshold;
- and
- cause a traction motor to supply electrical charge to at least one of the battery or the secondary system, according to the one or more metrics of the battery during the braking condition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.