Patent ID: 9376031
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: B60L,H01M,Y02E,Y02T

Claim Text:
1. A method for thermally conditioning a rechargeable energy storage system (RESS) of a vehicle, the method comprising: estimating a state of charge for the RESS using a processor; thermally maintaining an RESS temperature of the RESS within a first target temperature range, between a first lower temperature limit and a first upper temperature limit, if the state of charge is greater than a predetermined state of charge threshold; and thermally maintaining the RESS temperature within a second target temperature range, between a second lower temperature limit and a second upper temperature limit, if the state of charge is less than the predetermined state of charge threshold, the second target temperature range being different from the first target temperature range, with the first lower temperature limit being different from the second lower temperature limit and the first upper temperature limit being different from the second upper temperature limit.