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Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020

Filed:

Oct. 11, 2018
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Christopher Wolf, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Michael W. Degner, Novi, MI (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/00 (2006.01); G10K 15/02 (2006.01); B60L 15/08 (2006.01); H02P 31/00 (2006.01); H03G 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10K 15/02 (2013.01); B60L 15/08 (2013.01); H02P 31/00 (2013.01); B60L 2270/142 (2013.01); B60Y 2306/09 (2013.01);
Abstract

A sound control method includes altering at least one characteristic of power delivered within an electrified vehicle powertrain to cause at least one component of the electrified vehicle powertrain to emit different acoustic tones that follow a predetermined sequence. A sound control assembly includes a power characteristic control system that alters at least one characteristic of power delivered within an electrified vehicle powertrain to cause at least one component of the electrified vehicle powertrain to emit different acoustic tones that follow a predetermined sequence.


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