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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2022
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/28 (2018.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01); H04W 72/51 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/28 (2018.02); H04W 4/40 (2018.02); H04W 72/51 (2023.01);
Abstract
A vehicle determines the value of at least one predefined variable related to predefined contexts for discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle control during an engine-off state of the vehicle. The vehicle determines how a current DRX cycle should be changed responsive to the value of the at least one predefined variable in accordance with a control strategy associated with the at least one variable and, responsive to the determining how the cycle should be changed, automatically changes the current DRX cycle in accordance with the control strategy while the vehicle remains powered down.