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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2024

Filed:

Sep. 28, 2021
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Brendan Francis Diamond, Grosse Pointe, MI (US);

Lars Niklas Pettersson, Novi, MI (US);

Keith Weston, Canton, MI (US);

Jordan Barrett, Milford, MI (US);

Andrew Denis Lewandowski, Sterling Heights, MI (US);

Michael Alan McNees, Flat Rock, MI (US);

Assignee:

FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/63 (2019.01); B60L 53/66 (2019.01); B60L 53/68 (2019.01); G01W 1/00 (2006.01); G06N 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/63 (2019.02); B60L 53/665 (2019.02); B60L 53/68 (2019.02); G01W 1/00 (2013.01); G06N 3/02 (2013.01); B60L 2240/66 (2013.01); G01W 2203/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods may be configured for providing preemptive reenergizing alerts designed to alert vehicle users to reenergize their vehicles in anticipation of power disruption conditions. Weather related data and/or grid related data may be leveraged for predicting the likelihood of power disruption conditions of a grid power source. When power disruption conditions are likely to increase the cost of energy by greater than a predefined threshold, one or more reenergizing alerts may be automatically communicated for alerting the users of the need to reenergize (e.g., refuel, recharge, etc.) their vehicles. Preemptively alerting users to reenergize their vehicles in this manner may ensure that the vehicle will be available for use as a backup power source during actual power disruption conditions.


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