US 12,330,623 B2
Vehicle battery element management
Norman Lu, Fairview, TX (US); and Maximilian Parness, Takoma Park, MD (US)
Assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.; and TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-Ken (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US)
Filed on May 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/736,316.
Prior Publication US 2023/0356706 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B60W 20/13 (2016.01); B60S 5/06 (2019.01); B60W 10/26 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 20/13 (2016.01) [B60S 5/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/26 (2013.01); B60W 60/0025 (2020.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
by a vehicle, receiving electricity from a plurality of elements in a battery of the vehicle;
by the vehicle, determining that an element of the plurality of elements is operating below a threshold;
by the vehicle, disabling the element in response to the element operating below the threshold; and
by the vehicle, receiving the electricity from remaining elements of the plurality of elements.