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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING BATTERY POWER DRAIN

Application US20260077729A1 Kind: A1 Mar 19, 2026

Assignee

Volvo Car Corporation

Inventors

Victor GUSTAFSON, Henrik KLARS, Michael ZACH, Magnus AXELSSON

Abstract

Embodiments relate to a system for managing battery power drain in vehicles. The system includes a wakeup monitoring module and a controller communicatively coupled to the wakeup monitoring module, wherein the controller is operable to: determine a first time period associated with a drain status of a battery in a vehicle, determine a second time period associated with an unused status of the vehicle, determine a third time period associated with a use status of the vehicle based on a transition of the vehicle from the unused status to the use status, and determine a wakeup cycle based on the first time period, the second time period, and the third time period, wherein the wakeup monitoring module is operable to monitor a plurality of operations associated with the vehicle based on the wakeup cycle.

CPC Classifications

B60R 16/033 G07C 5/0808 G07C 5/0816 H01M 10/44 H01M 10/48 B60L 58/12 H01M 2220/20 H02J 7/82

Filing Date

2024-09-18

Application No.

18888199