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Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2025

Filed:

Sep. 08, 2023
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

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

Brian Grifka, Farmington Hills, MI (US);

Stuart Easson, Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Todd Ansbacher, Westland, MI (US);

David Celinske, Wolverine Lake, MI (US);

Brendan F. Diamond, Grosse Pointe, MI (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/08 (2020.01); B60R 16/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 16/03 (2013.01); G01R 31/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

One or more controllers may, after activation of a vehicle, sequentially pulse field effect transistors of a power distribution module of the vehicle that are connected to inputs of an upfitter power module, and preclude operation of the upfitter power module responsive to, for at least two of the field effect transistors, electrical parameters resulting from the corresponding pulses being reported for a same one of the inputs.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Salter, Stuart. (2025). Vehicle upfitter power connection management strategies (U.S. Patent No. 12415472). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12415472

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