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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Karin Lovett, Novi, MI (US);
Bryan Michael Bolger, Canton, MI (US);
Robert David Hancasky, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 9/00 (2013.01); B60L 11/1809 (2013.01); B60L 11/1861 (2013.01); H02J 7/0029 (2013.01); H02J 7/0047 (2013.01); H02J 2007/0037 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes an audio transducer and a controller. The controller is configured to, in response to a state of charge (SOC) of a battery crossing a charge level threshold (CLT) set by a user of the vehicle, activate the audio transducer to generate an indication that the SOC has crossed the CLT and that is defined by data provided by the user and linked with the CLT according to a rule specified by the user.