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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2020
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Lila Ghannam, Northville, MI (US);
Matt DeDona, Northville, MI (US);
Jered Dziadosz, Novi, MI (US);
Toussaint Carpenter, Westland, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/66 (2019.01); B60L 53/31 (2019.01); B60L 53/18 (2019.01); B60Q 1/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/66 (2019.02); B60L 53/18 (2019.02); B60L 53/31 (2019.02); B60Q 1/50 (2013.01); B60L 2250/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
This disclosure relates to selective illumination of charging port status indicators for an electrified vehicle. An example electrified vehicle includes a charging port configured to couple to a plug, a charging port status indicator configured to selectively illuminate to indicate a charging status of the charging port, and a controller configured to instruct the charging port status indicator to illuminate when data is transmitted via the charging port. A method is also disclosed.