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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2021
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Yanan Zhao, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Xiaohong Duan, Canton, MI (US);
Angel Porras, Dearborn, MI (US);
Julia Helen Buckland Seeds, Novi, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 58/00 (2019.01); B60L 58/26 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 58/26 (2019.02); B60L 2240/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for controlling a temperature of an electric energy storage device of via a cooling device are disclosed. In one example, a temperature of an electric energy storage device may be permitted to increase when a vehicle is within a threshold distance of an expected parking location of the vehicle so that less electrical energy of the electric energy storage device may be consumed.