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Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2024

Filed:

Jan. 05, 2022
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);

Lorne Forsythe, Novi, MI (US);

Hussein Berry, Dearborn, MI (US);

Andrew Niedert, Farmington Hills, MI (US);

Darrel Alan Recker, Ypsilanti, MI (US);

Aaron Bradley Johnson, Allen Park, MI (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60D 1/24 (2006.01); B60R 16/04 (2006.01); B62D 63/08 (2006.01); B60D 1/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60D 1/247 (2013.01); B60R 16/04 (2013.01); B62D 63/08 (2013.01); B60D 1/62 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture for trailers with adjustable batteries are disclosed herein. An example trailer disclosed herein includes a platform, a battery disposed at a first location relative to the platform, a drive to move the battery relative to the platform, and a controller to determine a first load distribution on the platform and in response to determining the first load distribution on the platform does not satisfy a first threshold, adjust a position of the battery, via the drive, to a second location relative to the platform.


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