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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Mary Caye Catherine Spieth, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Mukesh Kumar, Canton, MI (US);
Lawrence C. Karas, New Boston, MI (US);
David Stewart, Grosse Pointe Park, MI (US);
Andrew Phillips, Plymouth, MI (US);
Ajay Pal, Canton, MI (US);
Yang Yang, NoVi, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for heating a window of a vehicle comprises an electrical storage unit configured to store an electrical charge and a plurality of heating circuits disposed on a window of the vehicle. The apparatus further comprises a controller configured to monitor the electrical charge of the electrical storage unit and selectively activate one or more of the heating circuits based on the electrical charge.