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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2020
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Rui Wang, Canton, MI (US);
Xiao Guang Yang, Northville, MI (US);
Baojin Wang, Saline, MI (US);
Xu Wang, Northville, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 58/16 (2019.01); G01R 31/387 (2019.01); G01R 31/36 (2020.01); G01R 31/392 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 58/16 (2019.02); G01R 31/3646 (2019.01); G01R 31/387 (2019.01); G01R 31/392 (2019.01);
Abstract
Methods and system are described for estimating an amount of battery usage for a traction battery of a vehicle. The traction battery usage estimate may be based on or a function of a distance per gallon of gasoline-equivalent so that the usage estimate may be more familiar to vehicle operators. In addition, the traction battery usage estimate may also be based on traction battery current and traction battery voltage.