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Multi-port multi-battery pack charging for vehicles

Grant US12576741B2 Kind: B2 Mar 17, 2026

Assignee

GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

Inventors

Lei Hao, Yue-Yun Wang, Norman K. Bucknor, Venkata Prasad Atluri, Chandra S. Namuduri, Suresh Gopalakrishnan

Abstract

Examples described herein provide a method that includes receiving, at a vehicle comprising a first battery pack and a second battery pack, at least one of a first electric charge from a first charging station via a first charging port or a second electric charge from a second charging station via a second charging port. The method further includes determining, by a controller of the vehicle, a charging mode of the vehicle. The charging mode is selected from a group consisting of a dynamic balancing during independent multi-port charging mode, a dynamic balancing during independent port charging mode, or a dynamic balancing during parallel charging mode. The method further includes configuring, by the controller of the vehicle, a plurality of switches of a rechargeable energy storage system of the vehicle based at least in part on the determined charging mode.

CPC Classifications

B60L 53/62 B60L 53/16 B60L 6/52 B60L 11/1824 B60L 50/50 B60L 58/12 B60L 58/22 B60L 58/18 H02J 7/0018 H02J 7/0019 H02J 7/0024

Filing Date

2022-11-16

Application No.

17988085

Claims

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