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Patent No.:

US 10384668 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019

Filed:

Mar. 31, 2017

Electric-only driving when approaching frequent destinations

Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Steven Hilliard, Monroe, MI (US);

Jordan Mazaira, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);

Angel Fernando Porras, Dearborn, MI (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorneys:

David Kelley

Brooks Kushman P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Adam D Tissot

Assistant Examiner:

Edward J Pipala

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/12 (2016.01); B60W 20/13 (2016.01); B60W 20/15 (2016.01); B60L 58/13 (2019.01); B60L 50/15 (2019.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/12 (2016.01); B60L 50/15 (2019.02); B60L 50/60 (2019.02); B60L 58/13 (2019.02); B60W 20/13 (2016.01); B60W 20/15 (2016.01); B60L 2240/44 (2013.01); B60L 2240/62 (2013.01); B60L 2240/70 (2013.01); B60L 2270/142 (2013.01); B60W 2510/244 (2013.01); B60W 2710/06 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6286 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7005 (2013.01); Y02T 10/92 (2013.01); Y02T 90/14 (2013.01); Y10S 903/903 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system for a vehicle includes a traction battery, an engine, and a controller configured to inhibit requests to start the engine in response to both the vehicle being within a first radius about a previously-identified frequent destination and an available battery energy being greater than twice a total battery energy expended during a prior trip to the destination from a second radius about the destination, the second radius being smaller than the first radius.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Hilliard, Steven. (2019). Electric-only driving when approaching frequent destinations (U.S. Patent No. 10384668). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10384668

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