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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2022
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Yanan Zhao, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ming Kuang, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 15/20 (2006.01); B60K 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 15/2036 (2013.01); B60K 1/02 (2013.01); B60L 2240/22 (2013.01); B60L 2240/423 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for a vehicle are provided. A method for a vehicle includes coupling two motors to an axle. Furthermore, the method includes, at each of the two motors, setting a requested motor torque to a permitted motor torque in compliance with a threshold motor power, determining an unmet motor torque as a difference between the requested and the permitted motor torque, and balancing the unmet motor torque, including reducing the permitted motor torque at one or both of the two motors.