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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2022
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Stephen Thomas Powell, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Samuel Johnson, Garden City, MI (US);
Garrett Carlson, Dearborn, MI (US);
Craig Lechlitner, Belleville, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/13 (2016.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); B60W 10/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/13 (2016.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 10/26 (2013.01); B60W 2510/1005 (2013.01); B60W 2510/244 (2013.01); B60W 2555/20 (2020.02); B60W 2710/244 (2013.01); B60W 2756/10 (2020.02);
Abstract
Responsive to a user request, a controller operates an engine of a vehicle while parked to charge a traction battery to a target state of charge that exceeds a maximum state of charge limit, used during drive of the vehicle by an electric machine, in advance of a predefined period of time.