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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2018
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Alexander Bartlett, Wyandotte, MI (US);
Dylan Erb, Allen Park, MI (US);
Jacob Wiles, Plymouth, MI (US);
Bikram Singh, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Baocheng Sun, Beverly Hills, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A charging system for an electrified vehicle includes a battery pack, a charging component in charging connection with the battery pack, a visual indicator on the charging component, and a control module configured to illuminate the visual indicator in response to reaching a predefined state of charge (SOC) threshold of the battery pack. The visual indicator can indicate that the SOC of the battery pack has reached a level that is acceptable for unplugging the electrified vehicle from a charging station.