	US 11,890,956 B2
	Thermal management of vehicle systems using thermal energy storage on the vehicle
Yulong Ding, Birminghamd (GB); Hui Cao, Birmingham (GB); Yanqi Zhao, Birmingham (GB); and Binjian Nie, Birmingham (GB)
Assigned to THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM, Birmingham (GB)
Appl. No. 16/971,554
Filed by The University of Birmingham, Birmingham (GB)
PCT Filed Feb. 21, 2019, PCT No. PCT/GB2019/050483 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 20, 2020, PCT Pub. No. WO2019/162680, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 29, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 1802814 (GB), filed on Feb. 21, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0391603 A1, Dec. 17, 2020
Int. Cl. B60L 53/302 (2019.01); B60L 53/50 (2019.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); B60L 53/64 (2019.01); B60L 58/24 (2019.01); B60L 53/30 (2019.01); B60K 6/28 (2007.10)

CPC B60L 53/302 (2019.02) [B60L 50/60 (2019.02); B60L 53/305 (2019.02); B60L 53/50 (2019.02); B60L 53/64 (2019.02); B60L 58/24 (2019.02); B60K 6/28 (2013.01); B60L 2240/34 (2013.01); B60L 2240/545 (2013.01); B60L 2270/44 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/91 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/92 (2013.01); B60Y 2300/91 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A vehicle charging station comprising a first reservoir arranged to contain a first charging fluid and a charging fluid delivery system arranged to deliver at least part of the first charging fluid into a heat exchange relationship with a vehicle thermal energy storage material of a vehicle selectively connected to the vehicle charging station, thereby charging the vehicle thermal energy storage material by changing at least one of its temperature, phase, or chemistry such that upon disconnection, a vehicle fluid is selectively circulatable around a loop from the vehicle thermal energy storage material to one or more vehicle systems.