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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2024
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Brendan Diamond, Naples, FL (US);
Joseph F. Kucharski, Livonia, MI (US);
Keith Weston, Canton, MI (US);
Lars Niklas Pettersson, Novi, MI (US);
Rajib Saha, Lasalle, CA;
Andrew Brown, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/10 (2016.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/10 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 10/18 (2013.01); B60W 2510/087 (2013.01); B60W 2530/10 (2013.01); B60W 2710/0666 (2013.01); B60W 2710/083 (2013.01); B60W 2710/244 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for operating a hybrid vehicle that operates in charge depletion and charge sustaining modes is described. In one example, fractions of driver demand power that are generated via an internal combustion engine and an electric machine are adjusted in response to a rate of change in electric machine temperature and/or predicted electric machine temperature.