US 12,227,077 B2
System and method of a mobile electrical system
Thomas Joseph Stoltz, Allen Park, MI (US); Matthew Richard Busdiecker, Beverly Hills, MI (US); Sarah Elizabeth Behringer, Redford, MI (US); Elizabeth Jane Mercer, West Bloomfield, MI (US); Viken Rafi Yeranosian, Farmington Hills, MI (US); Glenn Clark Fortune, Farmington Hills, MI (US); Lesley Earl Candler, Milford, MI (US); and Nicole Downing, Ferndale, MI (US)
Assigned to EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED, Dublin (IE)
Filed by Eaton Intelligent Power Limited, Dublin (IE)
Filed on Mar. 25, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/615,713.
Application 18/615,713 is a continuation of application No. 17/644,936, filed on Dec. 17, 2021, granted, now 11,938,825.
Application 17/644,936 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/183,436, filed on Nov. 7, 2018, granted, now 11,349,331, issued on May 31, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/127,875, filed on Dec. 18, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/582,384, filed on Nov. 7, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 201711039647 (IN), filed on Nov. 7, 2017; and application No. 202011055198 (IN), filed on Dec. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0227535 A1, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. B60K 6/48 (2007.10); B60K 6/28 (2007.10); B60K 6/36 (2007.10); B60K 6/405 (2007.10); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); B60W 10/26 (2006.01); B60W 10/30 (2006.01); B60W 20/30 (2016.01)
CPC B60K 6/48 (2013.01) [B60K 6/28 (2013.01); B60K 6/36 (2013.01); B60K 6/405 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 10/26 (2013.01); B60W 10/30 (2013.01); B60W 20/30 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a motor/generator selectively coupled to a drive line of a vehicle, and configured to selectively modulate power transfer between an electrical load and the drive line;
a battery pack;
a DC/DC converter electrically interposed between the motor/generator and the electrical load, and between the battery pack and the electrical load;
a covering tray positioned over a plurality of batteries of the battery pack, the covering tray comprising a connectivity layer configured to provide electrical connectivity to terminals of the plurality of batteries, and wherein the connectivity layer comprises a charging circuit allowing each of the plurality of batteries to be discharged individually;
a plurality of battery microcontrollers, each of the plurality of battery microcontrollers associated with a corresponding one of a plurality of batteries of the battery pack; and
a primary DC/DC controller configured to command operations of the DC/DC converter;
wherein the plurality of battery microcontrollers are operationally coupled to the primary DC/DC controller.