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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020
Filed:
May. 25, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Chen Zhang, Canton, MI (US);
Yanan Zhao, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Mark Steven Yamazaki, Canton, MI (US);
Ming Lang Kuang, Canton, MI (US);
Mark Davison, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 6/48 (2007.10); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); B60W 10/26 (2006.01); B60W 20/13 (2016.01); B60W 20/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 6/48 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 10/26 (2013.01); B60W 20/00 (2013.01); B60W 20/13 (2016.01); B60L 2240/12 (2013.01); B60W 2520/10 (2013.01); B60W 2710/244 (2013.01); Y10S 903/903 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hybrid powertrain includes a traction battery and a controller. The controller is programmed to, responsive to a current vehicle speed exceeding a first threshold, reduce a parameter indicative of state of charge (SOC) of the battery by an offset amount that varies with an amount of predicted distance for which a predicted vehicle speed profile is less than a second threshold to prompt charging of the battery to increased SOC values.