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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Hanyang B. Chen, Canton, MI (US);
Michael J. Irby, Monroe, MI (US);
Matthew Thomas Loiselle, LaSalle, MI (US);
William David Treharne, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Mark E. Shields, Plymouth, MI (US);
Josephine S. Lee, Novi, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A monitoring method includes, among other things, within a vehicle, providing a first electrical system with an auxiliary battery, and a second electrical system with a primary battery. The method further includes electrically coupling the first electrical system to the second electrical system, electrically loading the auxiliary battery and the primary battery, and comparing an electrical parameter of the auxiliary battery to a threshold value to assess a state of the auxiliary battery.