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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2005
Filed:
May. 03, 2001
Applicants:
Melvin Douglas Palmer, Allen Park, MI (US);
William P. Milam, Dexter, MI (US);
Inventors:
Melvin Douglas Palmer, Allen Park, MI (US);
William P. Milam, Dexter, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T013/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Regenerative braking is actuated in an electrical vehicle during towing of the vehicle to recharge the battery and brake the vehicle. When a driver of a towing vehicle depresses the brakes of the vehicle (), the electrical vehicle applies regenerative braking in proportion to a braking signal from the towing vehicle (). Also, regenerative braking is applied to the electrical vehicle when the vehicle is inadvertently disconnected from a connector () that couples the electrical vehicle to the towing vehicle ().