US 12,466,293 B2
Thermal management of a component of electrical power system, controller, system, and method
Robert Del Core, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by Robert Del Core, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/989,233.
Application 17/989,233 is a continuation of application No. 17/027,669, filed on Sep. 21, 2020, granted, now 11,511,647.
Application 17/027,669 is a continuation of application No. 15/726,397, filed on Oct. 6, 2017, granted, now 10,780,786, issued on Sep. 22, 2020.
Application 15/726,397 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/035,482, filed on Sep. 24, 2013, granted, now 9,827,871, issued on Nov. 28, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/704,891, filed on Sep. 24, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2023/0131786 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60L 9/00 (2019.01); B60L 8/00 (2006.01); B60L 50/10 (2019.01); B60L 50/40 (2019.01); B60L 58/24 (2019.01); B60L 58/26 (2019.01); B60L 58/27 (2019.01); B60L 58/40 (2019.01); H01M 10/44 (2006.01); H01M 10/613 (2014.01); H01M 10/625 (2014.01); H01M 10/63 (2014.01)
CPC B60L 58/24 (2019.02) [B60L 8/006 (2013.01); B60L 50/10 (2019.02); B60L 50/40 (2019.02); B60L 58/26 (2019.02); B60L 58/27 (2019.02); B60L 58/40 (2019.02); H01M 10/44 (2013.01); H01M 10/613 (2015.04); H01M 10/625 (2015.04); H01M 10/63 (2015.04); B60L 2240/42 (2013.01); B60L 2240/545 (2013.01); B60L 2240/547 (2013.01); B60L 2240/549 (2013.01); B60L 2240/662 (2013.01); Y02T 10/70 (2013.01); Y02T 10/72 (2013.01); Y02T 90/16 (2013.01)] 33 Claims
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1. A controller for thermal management system of a component of an electrical power system, the controller comprising:
a communication module configured to communicably couple with the thermal management system and the electrical power system, the communication module further configured to receive a current-input-signal indicative of an electrical current of output electrical power provided by the electrical power system;
a memory module configured to store a thermal management logic; and
a processor module communicably coupled to the communication module and the memory module, the processor module configured to implement the thermal management logic where:
an average of current of output electrical power provided by the electrical power system over a predetermined period of time (“averaged current”) is calculated using the current-input-signal, said period of time defined by a current duty cycle that is sufficiently long to smooth current transients and sufficiently short to affect a thermal response of the component responsive to the output electrical power over the current duty cycle,
a thermal control signal of the thermal management system is generated based on the calculated averaged current, said thermal control signal reflecting a calculated thermal performance of the component in response to the averaged current, and
the thermal control signal is communicated to the thermal management system via the communication module, said thermal control signal operative to cause the thermal management system to regulate a thermal state of the component of the electric energy storage system.