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Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 14, 2016
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Daniel Paul Roberts, Livonia, MI (US);

William Najib Mansur, West Bloomfield, MI (US);

Mark Douglas Malone, Canton, MI (US);

Beth Ann Dalrymple, Livonia, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/14 (2006.01); B60L 11/02 (2006.01); B60K 6/28 (2007.10); B60K 6/40 (2007.10); B60L 11/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 11/02 (2013.01); B60K 6/28 (2013.01); B60K 6/40 (2013.01); B60L 11/182 (2013.01); B60L 11/185 (2013.01); B60L 11/1816 (2013.01); B60L 11/1861 (2013.01); B60L 2230/16 (2013.01); B60L 2240/80 (2013.01); B60L 2250/18 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/92 (2013.01); B60Y 2300/91 (2013.01); Y10S 903/907 (2013.01); Y10S 903/951 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of operating a vehicular system includes charging, by a controller and via an electric vehicle charge station, a low-voltage battery when a module powered by the low-voltage battery is awake and an SOC of the low-voltage battery is less than a threshold; and in response to the SOC exceeding the threshold, commanding by the controller the module to enter a sleep mode for a sleep duration defined by a power usage of the module such that as the power usage changes, the sleep duration changes.


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