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Patent No.:

US 10266168 B1

PDFFull Text
Expired
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019

Filed:

Aug. 06, 2015

System and method for predictive road sensing to minimize transient electrical load issues

Applicant:

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

Inventor:

Doug B. Thornburg, Dearborn, MI (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorneys:

Frank Lollo

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

James P. Muraff

Primary Examiner:

Jean Paul Cass

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 3/00 (2006.01); B60L 15/20 (2006.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01); B60W 10/20 (2006.01); B60W 10/22 (2006.01); B60W 10/30 (2006.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/22 (2013.01); B60L 3/0015 (2013.01); B60L 15/20 (2013.01); B60L 15/2009 (2013.01); B60W 10/18 (2013.01); B60W 10/20 (2013.01); B60W 10/30 (2013.01); B60W 30/18009 (2013.01); B60W 50/0097 (2013.01); B60L 2240/64 (2013.01); B60L 2240/647 (2013.01); B60W 2550/14 (2013.01); Y02T 10/645 (2013.01); Y02T 10/646 (2013.01); Y02T 10/72 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7275 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7291 (2013.01); Y02T 90/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for predictive road sensing to minimize transient electrical load issues in a vehicle. More specifically, various embodiments include a system and method for minimizing electrical load issues in a vehicle by sensing a vehicle's surroundings using sensing devices (such as sensors, or a camera), utilizing detected road condition information to determine a need for starting and/or operating a motor, and preemptively soft starting the motors to avoid a spike in transient load for the vehicular control system.

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Thornburg, Doug. (2019). System and method for predictive road sensing to minimize transient electrical load issues (U.S. Patent No. 10266168). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10266168

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