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Patent No.:

US 11951865 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024

Filed:

Nov. 14, 2022

Vehicle recharge of home energy storage

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:

David B Kelley

Brooks Kushman P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Daniel Cavallari

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.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Yu, Lan. (2024). Vehicle recharge of home energy storage (U.S. Patent No. 11951865). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11951865

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