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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
May. 17, 2022
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Seth Loveall, Dearborn, MI (US);
Shunsuke Okubo, Belleville, MI (US);
Brendan Diamond, Grosse Pointe, MI (US);
Jonathan Hair, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 15/20 (2006.01); B60L 15/00 (2006.01); H02P 21/16 (2016.01); H02P 21/22 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 15/2045 (2013.01); B60L 15/007 (2013.01); H02P 21/16 (2016.02); H02P 21/22 (2016.02); H02P 2205/03 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for operating an electric drive system for an electric or hybrid vehicle is described. In one example, the drive system is operated to provide extra losses during select vehicle operating conditions so that greater amounts of regenerative braking may be generated without having to store larger amounts of electric energy in an electric energy storage device.