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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2019
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Geoffrey David Gaither, Brighton, MI (US);
Robert C. MacArthur, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Justin J. Chow, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to controlling power delivery to a consumer appliance in a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a connection signal from the consumer appliance indicating presence of the consumer appliance. The method also includes directly providing electrical power from a propulsion device providing DC voltage to the consumer appliance without substantially lowering a voltage level of the propulsion device.