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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:
Dec. 26, 2006
Filed:
May. 26, 2004
Applicants:
Douglas Zhu, Canton, MI (US);
Jacob Mathews, Canton, MI (US);
Bob Taenaka, Plymouth, MI (US);
Patrick Maguire, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
Douglas Zhu, Canton, MI (US);
Jacob Mathews, Canton, MI (US);
Bob Taenaka, Plymouth, MI (US);
Patrick Maguire, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 1/02 (2006.01); B60R 16/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system for heating a vehicle battery and a method for using the same. The system and method enable energy flow from the battery to a heater to heat the battery after determining a shut-down condition.