US 11,745,616 B2
Systems and methods of battery management and control for a vehicle
Kenneth M. Follen, Greenwood, IN (US); Arun Prakash Thunga Gopal, Columbus, IN (US); Vivek A. Sujan, Columbus, IN (US); Pinak Jayant Tulpule, Columbus, IN (US); and Mugdha S. Sane, Columbus, IN (US)
Assigned to Cummins Inc., Columbus, IN (US)
Filed by Cummins Inc., Columbus, IN (US)
Filed on Dec. 8, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/247,339.
Application 17/247,339 is a continuation of application No. 15/750,346, granted, now 10,894,482, previously published as PCT/US2016/045608, filed on Aug. 4, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/202,264, filed on Aug. 7, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0086652 A1, Mar. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. B60W 10/08 (2006.01); B60L 53/66 (2019.01); B60K 6/48 (2007.10); B60L 7/10 (2006.01); B60L 53/64 (2019.01); B60L 53/68 (2019.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.01); B60W 20/12 (2016.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); B60L 53/62 (2019.01); B60K 6/22 (2007.10)
CPC B60L 53/66 (2019.02) [B60K 6/22 (2013.01); B60K 6/48 (2013.01); B60L 7/10 (2013.01); B60L 53/62 (2019.02); B60L 53/64 (2019.02); B60L 53/68 (2019.02); B60L 58/12 (2019.02); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 20/12 (2016.01); B60W 50/0097 (2013.01); B60K 2006/4825 (2013.01); B60L 2240/70 (2013.01); B60L 2260/54 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0075 (2013.01); B60W 2552/20 (2020.02); B60W 2556/45 (2020.02); B60W 2556/50 (2020.02); B60W 2710/244 (2013.01); Y02T 10/70 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7072 (2013.01); Y02T 10/72 (2013.01); Y02T 90/12 (2013.01); Y02T 90/14 (2013.01); Y02T 90/16 (2013.01); Y02T 90/167 (2013.01); Y04S 30/12 (2013.01); Y04S 30/14 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a processing circuit having at least one processor coupled to a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the processing circuit to perform operations including:
manage a state of charge of a battery of a hybrid vehicle at a particular location at a particular time on a route of the hybrid vehicle based on a determined potential propulsion power;
responsive to determining a downhill grade at the particular location, determine an amount of braking energy available from braking during traversal of the downhill grade based on a length of the downhill grade and a speed of the hybrid vehicle; and
discharge the battery to direct energy to at least one of a generator or an electrified accessory of the hybrid vehicle before the downhill grade to enable reception of at least a portion of the determined amount of braking energy available.