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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Vincent John Winstead, Madison, WI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 1/044 ; H01M 1/046 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 1/044 ; H01M 1/046 ;
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for operating a hybrid vehicle,which requires the creation of a state of charge value and which further requires the modification of the state of charge value in accordance with the monitored speed of the vehicle,, effective to allow the hybrid vehicle,to be efficiently operated.