US 12,126,055 B2
Vehicular performance enhancement
Manuel Ludwig Kuehner, Mountain View, CA (US); Hiroshi Yasuda, San Francisco, CA (US); and Avinash Balachandran, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US); and Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota (JP)
Filed by Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/721,803.
Prior Publication US 2023/0335875 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. H01M 50/77 (2021.01); B60L 15/20 (2006.01); B60L 58/10 (2019.01)
CPC H01M 50/77 (2021.01) [B60L 15/20 (2013.01); B60L 58/10 (2019.02); B60L 2240/22 (2013.01); B60L 2240/26 (2013.01); B60L 2240/54 (2013.01); B60L 2260/34 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A performance enhancement system for an electric vehicle, comprising:
a battery pack containing electrolyte fluid;
a pump system, including one or more pumps, operable to redistribute the electrolyte fluid within the battery pack; and
a control module, including one or more processors, the control module configured to identify a vehicle usage event, and in response to identifying the vehicle usage event, operate the pump system to redistribute the electrolyte fluid within the battery pack to change a mass distribution of the electric vehicle.