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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 19, 2019
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Michael Awad Alla, Novi, MI (US);

David Celinske, Wolverine Lake, MI (US);

Mathew Alan Boesch, Plymouth, MI (US);

Sami Dagher, Dearborn, MI (US);

Richard Dyche Anderson, Plymouth, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 3/00 (2019.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 3/0046 (2013.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.02); B60L 2210/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system includes at least one load in a vehicle, a battery electrically connected to the load, a power source electrically connected to the load, and a computer communicatively connected to the power source. The computer is programmed to reduce a voltage supplied by the power source to the load so that the battery discharges to supply power to the load, and then, in response to an electrical quantity of the system being outside an electrical-quantity range while the battery is discharging, perform a minimal risk condition or prevent the vehicle from movably operating.


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