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Multi-mode charging system for an electric vehicle

US7671567B2 · kind B2 · utility

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6References

24Claims

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Assignee

Tesla Motors, Inc. · US

Inventors

Martin Eberhard · Woodside, US
Jeffrey Brian Straubel · Menlo Park, US
Kurt Russell Kelty · Palo Alto, US
Scott Ira Kohn · Menlo Park, US
Weston Arthur Hermann · Palo Alto, US
Eugene Berdichevsky · Oakland, US
Andrew Gregory Simpson · Echunga, AU
Craig B. Carlson · Los Altos, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 16, 2009
Grant date	Mar 2, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 16, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T90/14
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus that allows the end user to optimize the performance of an all-electric or hybrid vehicle and its charging system for a desired mode of operation is provided. The system of the invention includes multiple charging/operational modes from which the user may select. Each charging/operational mode controls the cut-off voltage used during charging and the maintenance temperature of the battery pack.

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