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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2023
Applicant:
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Inventors:
Justin Bunnell, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Aniket P. Kothari, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 3/04 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B60L 1/02 (2006.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); B60L 53/62 (2019.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.01); H02J 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 3/04 (2013.01); B60H 1/00278 (2013.01); B60L 1/02 (2013.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.02); B60L 53/62 (2019.02); B60L 58/12 (2019.02); H02J 9/00 (2013.01); B60L 2240/549 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for responding to energy expenditure events includes providing electric energy from an external source to a vehicle energy storage component until the energy storage component is charged to a threshold state of charge percentage. An external data source is monitored using a controller for an occurrence of an energy expenditure event in at least one connected system. The controller responds to the occurrence of the energy expenditure event by charging a remainder of the vehicle energy storage component.