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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
John Sturza, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Kevin Lloyd Newman, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Josephine S. Lee, Novi, MI (US);
Masahiro Kimoto, Plymouth, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 15/12 (2006.01); B60L 3/00 (2019.01); B60Q 5/00 (2006.01); B60L 58/10 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 3/003 (2013.01); B60L 58/10 (2019.02); B60Q 5/005 (2013.01); B60L 2210/42 (2013.01); B60L 2240/427 (2013.01); B60L 2240/526 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes main contactors powered via a low voltage bus and disposed electrically between a traction battery and a high voltage bus, and a controller. The controller, responsive to the contactors remaining open following activation of the low voltage bus and reported voltage values associated with the high voltage bus being less than a threshold, operates a horn of the vehicle.