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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); H02J 7/02 (2016.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.01); B60L 58/22 (2019.01); B60W 20/13 (2016.01); B60W 10/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 11/1866 (2013.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.02); B60L 58/22 (2019.02); H02J 7/007 (2013.01); H02J 7/02 (2013.01); B60W 10/26 (2013.01); B60W 20/13 (2016.01); H02J 7/0021 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7055 (2013.01); Y10S 903/907 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle charging system includes a controller programmed to, in response to a charger being coupled to a power source and parameters being indicative of a low charge level of an auxiliary battery and a full charge level of a traction battery, decouple the traction battery from the power converter and the charger and charge the auxiliary battery from the charger.