US 12,296,717 B2
Intelligent hybrid power system for electrical vehicles
John Cronin, Wilmington, DE (US)
Assigned to Sustainable Energy Technologies, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Dec. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/082,425.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/290,703, filed on Dec. 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0191949 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. B60L 58/22 (2019.01)
CPC B60L 58/22 (2019.02) [B60L 2240/549 (2013.01); B60L 2240/60 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for powering an electric vehicle, the system comprising:
at least one electrochemical battery;
at least one supercapacitor battery;
a first relay disposed on a first electrical path between the at least one electrochemical battery and the electric vehicle, the first relay to connect or disconnect the at least one electrochemical battery to or from the electric vehicle;
a second relay disposed on a second electrical path between the at least one supercapacitor battery and the electric vehicle, the second relay to connect or disconnect the at least one supercapacitor battery to or from the electric vehicle; and
a processor communicatively coupled to first and second relays, wherein the processor, responsive to a first condition, disconnects the at least one electrochemical battery from the electric vehicle via the first relay and connects the at least one supercapacitor battery to the electric vehicle via the second relay, wherein the first condition comprises a future load prediction that is based on historical current use patterns, levels of steepness along a planned route to be driven by the electric vehicle, and an amount of charge remaining in at least one of the at least one electrochemical battery or the at least one supercapacitor battery.