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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Aed M. Dudar, Canton, MI (US);
Thomas G. Leone, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Kenneth James Miller, Pinckney, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 50/10 (2019.01); F02B 63/04 (2006.01); B60L 1/00 (2006.01); H02J 3/32 (2006.01); B60L 55/00 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 50/10 (2019.02); F02B 63/048 (2013.01); B60L 1/00 (2013.01); B60L 55/00 (2019.02); H02J 3/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a generator for supplying power to a load; and one or more controllers, programmed to responsive to detecting a fuel level reaching a predefined critical value, stop the generator and instruct a second vehicle to start to generate power, the vehicle serving as a pass-through conduit between the load and the second vehicle.