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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2013
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Michael Edward Loftus, Northville, MI (US);
John Proietty, Ferndale, MI (US);
Oleg Yurievitch Gusikhin, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Perry Robinson MacNeille, Lathrup Village, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 11/18 (2006.01); B60L 53/14 (2019.01); B60L 53/00 (2019.01); B60L 53/30 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/14 (2019.02); B60L 53/00 (2019.02); B60L 53/30 (2019.02); B60L 2240/62 (2013.01); B60L 2240/642 (2013.01); B60L 2240/72 (2013.01); B60L 2260/52 (2013.01); B60L 2260/54 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7005 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7072 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7291 (2013.01); Y02T 90/12 (2013.01); Y02T 90/121 (2013.01); Y02T 90/14 (2013.01); Y02T 90/16 (2013.01); Y02T 90/162 (2013.01); Y02T 90/163 (2013.01);
Abstract
An example electric vehicle charging method includes charging a battery of a vehicle using an external power source, and adjusting the charging based on a predicted amount of charging generated when driving the vehicle from the external power source to a destination. The external power source is at a higher elevation than some point along the route to the at least one destination.