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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2022
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Brendan Diamond, Grosse Pointe, MI (US);
Ryan O'Gorman, Beverly Hills, MI (US);
David Celinske, Wolverine Lake, MI (US);
Paul Kenneth Dellock, Northville, MI (US);
David Brian Glickman, Southfield, MI (US);
Vyas Shenoy, Canton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
The disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods for controlling electrical power outlets in a vehicle. An example method executed by a processor of an electrical power outlet controller includes detecting a transitioning of a vehicle to a drive mode and further includes disconnecting, based on the transitioning, electrical power supplied to a first electrical power outlet in the vehicle. The transitioning of the vehicle to the drive mode may be detected based on a transition of a drive selector of the vehicle from a park position to a drive position. In another example method, the processor, detects the vehicle in motion and disconnects electrical power supplied to a second electrical power outlet in the vehicle. The first electrical power outlet and/or the second electrical power outlet are accessible from outside the vehicle, and may, for example, be located outside a cabin area of the vehicle.