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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/20 (2019.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); B60L 53/14 (2019.01); B60L 53/80 (2019.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.01); B60L 58/20 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 11/1822 (2013.01); B60L 53/14 (2019.02); B60L 53/20 (2019.02); B60L 53/80 (2019.02); B60L 58/12 (2019.02); B60L 58/20 (2019.02); B60L 2270/40 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7005 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7044 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7066 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7072 (2013.01); Y02T 90/124 (2013.01); Y02T 90/127 (2013.01); Y02T 90/14 (2013.01); Y02T 90/168 (2013.01); Y04S 30/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
An exemplary aspect of the present disclosure relates to an electrified vehicle including, among other things, a vehicle-mounted battery and a modular battery. The modular battery is selectively removable from the vehicle, and is configured to be charged at a location remote from the vehicle. The vehicle is selectively powered by at least one of the modular battery and the vehicle-mounted battery.