Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Ted James Miller

Bruce Carvell Blakemore

Richard Dyche Anderson

Dale Gilman

Bala Chander

Bob Taenaka

David W Schultz

The present invention is generally directed to a retractable overhead charging cord dispenser which has multi-positioning capability to provide plug-in electric power to PHEVs parked at various positions in a garage or the like. An illustrative embodiment of the retractable overhead charging cord dispenser includes an arm assembly, a cord guide arm carried by the arm assembly, a cord storage device provided in the arm assembly and a retractable charging cord extendable from the cord storage device and extending through and protruding from the cord guide arm.

Retractable overhead charging cord dispenser for vehicles

A method for operating a battery having a plurality of battery cells includes determining when certain end of life criteria for the battery are met. A counter is incremented when the certain end of life criteria are met. The battery is rebalanced when it is determined that the end of life criteria are met, and the counter is not greater than a predetermined value. An end of life of the battery is indicated when it is determined that the end of life criteria are met, and the counter is greater than the predetermined value.

Vehicle having a battery with multiple cells and method for operating such a battery

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Milan, MI, United States of America

Ted James Miller