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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2023
Filed:
May. 21, 2021
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Mark Eifert, Park Ridge, IL (US);
Pankaj Kumar, Canton, MI (US);
Timothy Panagis, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Peter Phung, Windsor, CA;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for controlling a vehicle active chassis power system includes determining, via a processor, a minimum output voltage/current threshold for an aggregated power supply associated with an active chassis operation, and generating an aggregate State of Function (SoF) indicative of a maximum voltage/current budget for an output of the vehicle active chassis power system. The aggregate SoF is based on a primary power source voltage/current output and a power storage voltage/current output. The method further includes causing to control an active chassis power system actuator based on a minimum voltage/current value associated with the aggregate SoF. Causing to control the active chassis power system actuator can include publishing the aggregate SoF to a braking actuator, a steering actuator, or to a domain controller that actively distributes an aggregated power supply capability SoF to a braking actuator and a steering actuator based on one or more present vehicle states.