Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for supplying auxiliary electrical power to an electric or hybrid vehicle
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Application No.: US13436316Application Date: 2012-03-30
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Publication No.: US09457666B2Publication Date: 2016-10-04
- Inventor: Kenneth G. Caldeira , Alistair K. Chan , Daniel B. Cook , William David Duncan , Roderick A. Hyde , Muriel Y. Ishikawa , Jordin T. Kare , John Latham , Stephen H. Salter , Clarence T. Tegreene , David B. Tuckerman , Thomas A. Weaver , Charles Whitmer , Victoria Y. H. Wood , Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
- Applicant: Kenneth G. Caldeira , Alistair K. Chan , Daniel B. Cook , William David Duncan , Roderick A. Hyde , Muriel Y. Ishikawa , Jordin T. Kare , John Latham , Stephen H. Salter , Clarence T. Tegreene , David B. Tuckerman , Thomas A. Weaver , Charles Whitmer , Victoria Y. H. Wood , Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
- Applicant Address: US WA Bellevue
- Assignee: ELWHA LLC
- Current Assignee: ELWHA LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Bellevue
- Main IPC: B60L1/00
- IPC: B60L1/00 ; B60L3/00 ; B60L7/18 ; B60L11/12 ; B60L11/14 ; B60L11/18
Abstract:
The present invention may include a towable trailer being mechanically couplable to a vehicle, the towable trailer including an auxiliary battery housing unit, a wheel being rotatably connected to the towable trailer, an auxiliary battery disposed within the auxiliary battery housing unit of the towable trailer, the vehicle including a storage battery, the auxiliary battery of the towable trailer being electrically couplable with the storage battery of the vehicle via a bidirectional pathway, and a control system configured to control a transfer of electrical energy between the auxiliary battery of the towable trailer and the storage battery of the vehicle along the bidirectional pathway.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130257145A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING AUXILIARY ELECTRICAL POWER TO AN ELECTRIC OR HYBRID VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2013-10-03
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