Patent ID: 11958381
Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  Y | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A method of power source management of an electrified vehicle, the method comprising:
connecting a swappable battery unit to a connector in an electrified vehicle,
wherein:
the electrified vehicle comprises:
a first battery fixedly arranged with a main battery unit;
a first battery management system configured to control the first battery; and
a DC converter having a first end and a second end and electrically connected in series with the main battery unit at the first end,

the swappable battery unit comprises:
a second battery; and
a second battery management system configured to control the second battery, and

the connector is provided at the second end of the DC converter;

determining, using a vehicle control unit, a target integrated voltage to be supplied to a power electric unit, comprising an inverter and a motor based on first battery information on the first battery and second battery information on the second battery; and
transmitting, using the vehicle control unit, a voltage command corresponding to a target output voltage to be output by stepping up or stepping down a voltage of the second battery, at the second end of the DC converter, to the DC converter, according to a determined target integrated voltage.