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Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026

Filed:

Apr. 09, 2024
Applicant:

Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);

Inventors:

Geoffrey David Gaither, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Jonathan M. Shum, Canton, MI (US);

Allison Mcgowan, Ann Arbor, CA (US);

Assignees:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 55/00 (2019.01); G01R 31/08 (2020.01); H02H 7/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 55/00 (2019.02); G01R 31/086 (2013.01); H02H 7/26 (2013.01); B60L 2270/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

An example operation includes one or more of determining an adverse condition will exist on a power grid at a future time, identifying an electric vehicle at a location connected to the power grid and controlling the electric vehicle to store power based on the future time, disconnecting the location from the power grid when the adverse condition occurs, and controlling the electric vehicle to distribute power to one or more devices at the location after disconnecting the location from the power grid.


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