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Patent No.:

US 10333338 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019

Filed:

Oct. 23, 2017

Charging method and assembly utilizing a mule vehicle with a storage battery

Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Thomas Zenner, Dueren, DE;

Mazen Hammoud, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Kevin Layden, Plymouth, MI (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:

Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

Primary Examiner:

James A Shriver, II

Assistant Examiner:

Steve Clemmons

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 59/04 (2006.01); H02J 7/14 (2006.01); B60L 15/20 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 3/00 (2019.01); B60L 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/1461 (2013.01); B60L 3/0046 (2013.01); B60L 7/18 (2013.01); B60L 11/1805 (2013.01); B60L 11/1861 (2013.01); B60L 15/2009 (2013.01); H02J 7/0042 (2013.01);
Abstract

An exemplary charging method includes charging a storage battery of a mule vehicle as a tow vehicle tows the mule vehicle to a stranded vehicle. The storage battery configured to be electrically coupled to a traction battery of an electrified vehicle to charge the traction battery. An exemplary charging assembly includes a mule vehicle. A storage battery of the mule vehicle charges as the mule vehicle is towed to a stranded vehicle. The storage battery is configured to be electrically coupled to a traction battery of the electrified vehicle to charge the traction battery.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Zenner, Thomas. (2019). Charging method and assembly utilizing a mule vehicle with a storage battery (U.S. Patent No. 10333338). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10333338

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