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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2015
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Oliver Lei, Windsor, CA;
Allen R. Murray, Lake Orion, MI (US);
David Richard Tengler, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Leo James Lanctot, Jr., South Lyon, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle may include a battery and an antenna assembly mounted on the vehicle. The antenna assembly may be mounted on the roof of the vehicle. The antenna assembly may include a cooling arrangement electrically connected with the battery, a pair of thermally conductive plates, and a semiconductor sandwiched between the plates, electrically connected with the battery, and configured to, in response to a temperature difference between the plates, generate a current for the battery. A photovoltaic generator may be electrically connected with the battery to increase electrical generation.