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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Christopher W. Bell, Livonia, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 11/18 (2006.01); H02J 3/14 (2006.01); B60L 53/63 (2019.01); B60K 6/28 (2007.10); H02J 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 3/14 (2013.01); B60L 53/63 (2019.02); B60K 6/28 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/91 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/92 (2013.01); B60Y 2300/91 (2013.01); H02J 3/003 (2020.01); H02J 2310/14 (2020.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a power system that is couplable to a power network. A controller is configured to communicate with appliances coupled to the power system and programmed to operate the appliances to prevent current demand of the appliances from exceeding a peak operating current of the power system and to balance current demand to prevent exceeding a nominal current rating of the power system for more than a predetermined time.