US 12,111,363 B2
Battery state-of-charge protection
Mark Dubuque, St. Louis, MO (US)
Assigned to Aclara Technologies LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed by Aclara Technologies LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed on Jan. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/155,901.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/965,422, filed on Jan. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0231740 A1, Jul. 29, 2021
Int. Cl. G01R 31/382 (2019.01); G01R 31/367 (2019.01); G01R 31/371 (2019.01); G01R 31/379 (2019.01); G06Q 10/04 (2023.01); G06Q 50/06 (2024.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01R 31/382 (2019.01) [G01R 31/367 (2019.01); G01R 31/371 (2019.01); G01R 31/379 (2019.01); H02J 7/0048 (2020.01); H02J 2300/24 (2020.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for protecting a state-of-charge of a battery, the method comprising:
determining, via a controller, location information associated with the battery, wherein the location information includes an ambient temperature;
determining, via the controller, a temperature of the battery;
calculating, based on the temperature of the battery and the location information, a state of charge of the battery; and
controlling, via the controller and based on the state of charge, a mode of the battery.