US 11,912,151 B2
Reconfigurable electric vehicle chassis
John Christensen, Elk Grove, CA (US); and Reinhardt Klein, Mountain View, CA (US)
Assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (DE)
Filed by Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (DE)
Filed on Jul. 31, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/944,619.
Prior Publication US 2022/0032806 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. B60L 53/66 (2019.01); B60L 53/16 (2019.01); B60L 53/53 (2019.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); B60L 53/62 (2019.01); B60L 53/30 (2019.01); B60L 55/00 (2019.01)
CPC B60L 53/66 (2019.02) [B60L 50/60 (2019.02); B60L 53/16 (2019.02); B60L 53/305 (2019.02); B60L 53/53 (2019.02); B60L 53/62 (2019.02); B60L 55/00 (2019.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electric vehicle (EV) chassis, comprising:
a high-voltage battery having;
at least one power port, the at least one power port being connected to the high-voltage battery, the at least one power port being operable to be connected to an external power port located on a second EV chassis, wherein the external power port is connected to an external high-voltage battery within the second EV chassis; and
at least one communication port, the at least one communication port being operable to transmit data that includes operating characteristics of the high-voltage battery and the external high-voltage battery with an external communication port located on the second EV chassis; and
a controller operable to:
responsive to the at least one power port being connected to the external power port, control an electrical energy transferred between the at least one power port and the external power port to generate a combined, direct-current (DC), electrical energy output that is operably provided to an external source; and
responsive to the at least one communication port being connected to the external communication port, transmit the data between the at least one communication port and the external communication port to control generation of the combined, DC, electrical energy output.