CHARGING STATION PROVIDING THERMAL CONDITIONING OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE DURING CHARGING SESSION

• US 20170096073A1
• Filed: 12/16/2016
• Published: 04/06/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tesla Inc.
• Original Assignee: Tesla Motors Incorporated (Tesla Inc.)
• Inventors: Mardall, Joseph, Van Dyke, Christopher H.
• Application Number:
  US15/381,259
• Publication Number:
  US 20170096073A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 1/06 using only one supply
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/14 Conductive energy transfer
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/302 Cooling of charging equipment
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/35 Means for automatic or assisted adjustment of the relative position of charging devices and vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 58/24 for controlling the temperature of batteries
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 58/26 by cooling
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 58/27 by heating
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/443 in response to temperature
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/625 Vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/656 characterised by the type of heat-exchange fluid
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 2220/20 Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/7072 Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/12 Electric charging stations
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/14 Plug-in electric vehicles

Abstract

A vehicle includes an energy storage configured to store electric energy for at least propulsion of the vehicle, an energy storage thermal system configured to provide thermal conditioning of the energy storage, and a coupling configured to receive thermal conditioning of the energy storage from a thermal system external to the vehicle. The coupling provides thermal conditioning of the energy storage while charging when available from the thermal system external to the vehicle. The energy storage thermal system provides thermal conditioning of the energy storage while charging when the thermal system external to the vehicle is not available.

Claims

1. A vehicle comprising:

an energy storage configured to store electric energy for at least propulsion of the vehicle;

an energy storage thermal system configured to provide thermal conditioning of the energy storage; and

a coupling configured to receive thermal conditioning of the energy storage from a thermal system external to the vehicle,

wherein the coupling provides thermal conditioning of the energy storage while charging when available from the thermal system external to the vehicle; and

wherein the energy storage thermal system provides thermal conditioning of the energy storage while charging when the thermal system external to the vehicle is not available.