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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2022
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Urs Christen, Aachen, DE;
David Ramiro, Richmond, GB;
Handian Chen, Aachen, DE;
Fazal U. Syed, Canton, MI (US);
Sassan Farahmand, Canton, MI (US);
Brendan Jenkins, Canton, MI (US);
Douglas Michael Smith, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for electrical power distribution. In one example, a system includes plurality of electric consumers comprising one or more operating modes with different levels of power consumption, an energy storage and an electric machine arranged in the vehicle and configured to provide energy to the energy storage device or power to the electric consumers and torque to wheels of the vehicle, a power allocating device coupled to the energy storage device and the plurality of electric consumers, and a controller configured to maintain two indices for allocating power to the plurality of electric consumers, wherein a first index comprises a first power allocation strategy based on power from only the energy storage device and a second index comprises a second power allocation strategy based on power from the energy storage device and the electric machine.