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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2020
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Clinton J. Williams, Saline, MI (US);
Aaron Weidenaar, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
John Charles Rafferty, Dexter, MI (US);
Lou M. Pope, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a battery, one or more programmable connection ports electrically coupled to the battery, and an electronic controller communicatively coupled to the one or more programmable connection ports. The electronic controller receives a user control signal from a user input device communicatively coupled to the electronic controller, wherein the user control signal indicates a threshold of operation, and selectively operates the one or more programmable connection ports in response to the threshold of operation indicated by the user control signal from the user input device.