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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2022
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Brendan F. Diamond, Grosse Pointe, MI (US);
Keith Weston, Canton, MI (US);
Andrew Denis Lewandowski, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Shehan Haputhanthri, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60D 1/62 (2006.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.01); B60L 58/22 (2019.01); B60L 58/25 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60D 1/62 (2013.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.02); B60L 58/22 (2019.02); B60L 58/25 (2019.02); B60L 2200/28 (2013.01);
Abstract
A controller commands an electric machine of a vehicle to produce propulsive torque with energy from a traction battery of the vehicle and, at a same time, commands an electric machine of a trailer coupled with the vehicle to produce regenerative torque such that a speed of the vehicle does not change.