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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2022
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Lan Yu, Canton, MI (US);
Michael W. Degner, Novi, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 55/00 (2019.01); B60L 53/63 (2019.01); B60L 53/66 (2019.01); B60L 53/68 (2019.01); H02J 3/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 55/00 (2019.02); B60L 53/63 (2019.02); B60L 53/66 (2019.02); B60L 53/68 (2019.02); H02J 3/322 (2020.01); B60L 2240/72 (2013.01); B60L 2260/32 (2013.01); H02J 2310/12 (2020.01); H02J 2310/60 (2020.01); Y04S 10/126 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for managing energy for a building includes connecting a power line of the building to a battery of a vehicle via a charger; responsive to occurrence of a power outage, supplying electric energy to the building from the battery and from an energy storage separate from the vehicle; and instructing the vehicle to recharge the battery and return to the building at a predefined time before stored energy of the energy storage falls below a predefined value.