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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Stephenson Tyler Mattmuller, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 1/00 (2006.01); H02J 1/14 (2006.01); B60L 50/16 (2019.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60K 6/22 (2007.10); B60K 6/48 (2007.10); H02J 7/34 (2006.01); H02J 7/14 (2006.01); B60R 16/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 1/006 (2013.01); B60L 1/00 (2013.01); B60L 50/16 (2019.02); H02J 1/14 (2013.01); B60K 6/22 (2013.01); B60K 6/48 (2013.01); B60R 16/02 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/92 (2013.01); H02J 7/0063 (2013.01); H02J 7/1438 (2013.01); H02J 7/342 (2020.01);
Abstract
A vehicle system includes an interface, an outlet, and a converter configured to, responsive to user input to the interface enabling shed mode, interrupt flow of battery current to internal vehicle loads such that power available at the outlet exceeds a predetermined threshold regardless of whether an external load is plugged into or removed from the outlet, and otherwise, maintain the flow regardless of whether an external load is plugged into the outlet.