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Title: Battery control system for hybrid vehicle and method for controlling a hybrid vehicle battery

Abstract

A battery control system for hybrid vehicle includes a hybrid powertrain battery, a vehicle accessory battery, and a prime mover driven generator adapted to charge the vehicle accessory battery. A detecting arrangement is configured to monitor the vehicle accessory battery's state of charge. A controller is configured to activate the prime mover to drive the generator and recharge the vehicle accessory battery in response to the vehicle accessory battery's state of charge falling below a first predetermined level, or transfer electrical power from the hybrid powertrain battery to the vehicle accessory battery in response to the vehicle accessory battery's state of charge falling below a second predetermined level. The invention further includes a method for controlling a hybrid vehicle powertrain system.

Inventors:
 [1];  [2];  [1];  [1]
  1. Battle Creek, MI
  2. Marshall, MI
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City, MO (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
988298
Patent Number(s):
7489101
Application Number:
10/936,370
Assignee:
Eaton Corporation (Cleveland, OH)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL B60L - PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL B60W - CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION
DOE Contract Number:  
AC36-99GO10337
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS

Citation Formats

Bockelmann, Thomas R, Hope, Mark E, Zou, Zhanjiang, and Kang, Xiaosong. Battery control system for hybrid vehicle and method for controlling a hybrid vehicle battery. United States: N. p., 2009. Web.
Bockelmann, Thomas R, Hope, Mark E, Zou, Zhanjiang, & Kang, Xiaosong. Battery control system for hybrid vehicle and method for controlling a hybrid vehicle battery. United States.
Bockelmann, Thomas R, Hope, Mark E, Zou, Zhanjiang, and Kang, Xiaosong. Tue . "Battery control system for hybrid vehicle and method for controlling a hybrid vehicle battery". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/988298.
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title = {Battery control system for hybrid vehicle and method for controlling a hybrid vehicle battery},
author = {Bockelmann, Thomas R and Hope, Mark E and Zou, Zhanjiang and Kang, Xiaosong},
abstractNote = {A battery control system for hybrid vehicle includes a hybrid powertrain battery, a vehicle accessory battery, and a prime mover driven generator adapted to charge the vehicle accessory battery. A detecting arrangement is configured to monitor the vehicle accessory battery's state of charge. A controller is configured to activate the prime mover to drive the generator and recharge the vehicle accessory battery in response to the vehicle accessory battery's state of charge falling below a first predetermined level, or transfer electrical power from the hybrid powertrain battery to the vehicle accessory battery in response to the vehicle accessory battery's state of charge falling below a second predetermined level. The invention further includes a method for controlling a hybrid vehicle powertrain system.},
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year = {2009},
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