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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Tae-Kyung Lee, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Imad Hassan Makki, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); H01M 10/44 (2006.01); H01M 10/46 (2006.01); H01M 10/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 11/1846 (2013.01); H01M 10/44 (2013.01); H01M 10/46 (2013.01); H01M 10/486 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a battery, and a controller programmed to charge and discharge the battery based on a health indicator output by a model that describes changes in internal resistance of the battery over time identified from (i) a plurality of different representative battery usage aggressiveness drive cycles and (ii) changes in internal resistance of the battery that are derived from a state of charge, temperature, and current associated with the battery.