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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2013
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Brandon M. Dawson, Royal Oak, MI (US);
James J. Gibbons, Milford, MI (US);
Thomas M. Gwozdek, Plymouth, MI (US);
Edward Popyk, Dearborn, MI (US);
Rick Lagerstrom, Huntington Woods, MI (US);
Josephine S. Lee, Novi, MI (US);
Mark Polster, Dearborn, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, detecting a battery fault of a battery of an electrified vehicle, activating a HVAC system ON, commanding the HVAC system to a fresh air mode, communicating fresh air into a passenger cabin, and expelling battery vent byproducts from the passenger cabin through at least one air extractor vent during key-on or key-off states.