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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Walter Joseph Ortmann, Saline, MI (US);
Thomas J. Coupar, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Kenneth James Miller, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/14 (2019.01); H01M 2/10 (2006.01); H01M 10/04 (2006.01); B60L 50/15 (2019.01); B60W 10/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/1083 (2013.01); B60L 53/14 (2019.02); H01M 10/04 (2013.01); B60L 50/15 (2019.02); B60W 10/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
This disclosure details electrified vehicles that are equipped with secondary battery packs for increasing the electric range of the vehicles. An exemplary electrified vehicle includes a cargo space, such as a truck bed, and a secondary battery pack positioned within the cargo space. The secondary battery pack is adapted to selectively supply power for propelling one or more vehicle drive wheels. In some embodiments, the secondary battery pack is shaped like, and therefore disguised as, a toolbox.