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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2022
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Eric T. Hosey, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Matthew Neely, Rochester, MI (US);
Matthew E. Gilbert-Eyres, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Russell A Patenaude, Macomb Township, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
Presented are intelligent vehicle systems for thermal event mitigation during vehicle towing, methods for making/using such systems, and vehicles equipped with such intelligent control systems. A method of operating a host vehicle includes a resident or remote vehicle controller verifying the host vehicle is an incapacitated state. Responsive to the incapacitation of the host vehicle, the controller detects the host vehicle being towed by a tow vehicle and identifies a wireless-enabled portable computing device (PCD) within a predefined range of the host vehicle. Responsive to the host vehicle being towed, the controller determines if the wireless-enabled PCD is on the tow vehicle while towing the host vehicle. Upon detection of a thermal event in at least one battery cell in the host vehicle's battery system while the host vehicle is being towed, the controller responsively commands a resident vehicle subsystem to execute a control operation to mitigate the thermal event.