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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2021
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Todd Ansbacher, Westland, MI (US);
Anthony Thomas Spoto, Birmingham, MI (US);
Hanyang Chen, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 8/00 (2006.01); H02S 20/30 (2014.01); H02S 40/38 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/0024 (2013.01); B60L 8/003 (2013.01); H02J 7/0019 (2013.01); H02S 20/30 (2014.12); H02S 40/38 (2014.12);
Abstract
A vehicle electrical system includes a battery, a customer connection point, a switch electrically connected in series between the battery and the customer connection point, a solar panel electrically connected to a node between the battery and the switch, and a computer communicatively coupled to the switch. The computer is programmed to instruct the switch to close upon determining that a voltage of the solar panel is greater than a voltage of the battery.