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Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2026

Filed:

Apr. 09, 2024
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Donnell Washington, Northville, MI (US);

Michael David Beeney, Canton, MI (US);

Gabrielle Vuylsteke, Ferndale, MI (US);

Thomas Coupar, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Jennifer Miller, Royal Oak, MI (US);

Arsham Shahlari, McKinney, TX (US);

Timothy Kirby, Detroit, MI (US);

Yonghua Li, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Michael Dennis, Portland, OR (US);

Andrea Cordoba Arenas, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Patterson Kaduvinal Abraham, Dearborn, MI (US);

Bowen Zhang, Farmington Hills, MI (US);

Matthew Tomai, Troy, MI (US);

Laurie Ann Ramroth, Plymouth, MI (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 58/16 (2019.01); B60L 58/14 (2019.01); G01R 31/382 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 58/16 (2019.02); B60L 58/14 (2019.02); G01R 31/382 (2019.01);
Abstract

An automotive power system alters a maximum discharge power of a traction battery according to an estimated capacity of the traction battery that depends on a weight parameter having a value that changes according to a charge experienced by the traction battery during periods when a switch connects the traction battery with an electric machine.


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