Patent ID: 11901537
Assignee: CATERPILLAR INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A battery cooling system, comprising:
one or more flexible bladders each configured to contact a set of batteries, wherein the flexible bladders comprise a serpentine fluid pathway;
one or more pumps in fluid communication with the one or more flexible bladders;
one or more processors; and
one or more memory devices having stored thereon instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to:
while the one or more pumps operate at a first constant speed, receive a first signal;
in response to receiving the first signal, perform operations including:
operate the one or more pumps at a second selected speed for a first time interval;
wait a second time interval with the one or more pumps off or at a third reduced speed relative to the second selected speed; and
repeat the steps of operating and waiting for a predetermined number of times;

receive a second signal; and
in response to receiving the second signal, perform operations including:
operate the one or more pumps at the first constant speed.