Patent ID: 11932123
Assignee: POWER INTEGRATIONS, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H | IPC B  H

Claim 0:
1. A discharge system for an electric vehicle, the discharge system comprising:
a step-down power converter configured to step down an input voltage to an output voltage, wherein the input voltage is higher than the output voltage;
a discharge circuitry coupled to the output of the step-down power converter, wherein the discharge circuitry is reversibly driveable to load the step-down power converter;
a user interaction component configured to receive an input that originated from a human user, wherein the input indicates that the electric vehicle is to shutdown;
a discharge drive circuitry configured to drive the discharge circuitry to load the step-down power converter in response to the indication that the electric vehicle is to shutdown, and
a fault detection circuitry, wherein the discharge drive circuitry is configured to respond to identification of a fault by driving the discharge circuitry to load the step-down power converter.