US 12,393,238 B2
Battery power management apparatus and method for electric vehicles and/or hybrid vehicles
Raymond Anthony Joao, Yonkers, NY (US)
Filed by Raymond Anthony Joao, Yonkers, NY (US)
Filed on Nov. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/994,287.
Application 17/994,287 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/827,843, filed on May 30, 2022.
Application 17/827,843 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/592,540, filed on Feb. 4, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/299,924, filed on Jan. 15, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/215,900, filed on Jun. 28, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/162,124, filed on Mar. 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0090155 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/20 (2006.01); B60L 1/00 (2006.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/20 (2013.01) [B60L 1/00 (2013.01); H05K 7/20863 (2013.01); H05K 7/20872 (2013.01); H05K 7/20881 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
a vehicle, wherein the vehicle is an electric vehicle or a hybrid vehicle;
a vehicle computer, wherein the vehicle computer is located at the vehicle;
a vehicle battery;
battery recharging equipment, wherein the battery recharging equipment is located at the vehicle, and further wherein the battery recharging equipment comprises a plug-in recharging system, an electric road inductive charging system or an inductive charging coil, or an electric road electrified contact charging system or a deployable conductor;
a blockchain processing computer, wherein the blockchain processing computer is specially programmed to process, and processes, information for or regarding a blockchain of a blockchain platform or network, wherein the battery recharging equipment provides electrical power to the blockchain processing computer, and further wherein the blockchain processing computer processes information for processing a transaction on or involving the blockchain or processes information for creating or for mining a new block for, for adding to, or for inserting into, the blockchain, wherein the blockchain processing computer is located in, on, or at, the vehicle, and further wherein the vehicle computer monitors or controls an operation of the blockchain processing computer; and
a cooling system, wherein the cooling system provides cooled air or liquid, on, at, or in a vicinity of, the blockchain processing computer, and further wherein the vehicle battery supplies electrical power to the cooling system or the battery recharging equipment provides electrical power to the cooling system, and further wherein the vehicle computer monitors or controls an operation of the cooling system.