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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2011
Walter Joseph Ortmann, Saline, MI (US);
Brandon R. Masterson, Dexter, MI (US);
Marvin Paul Kraska, Dearborn, MI (US);
Daniel Scott Colvin, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Steve Reeves, Iv, Southfield, MI (US);
Walter Joseph Ortmann, Saline, MI (US);
Brandon R. Masterson, Dexter, MI (US);
Marvin Paul Kraska, Dearborn, MI (US);
Daniel Scott Colvin, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Steve Reeves, IV, Southfield, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An auto-seek operating mode for an electric vehicle adjusts the vehicle in a direction transverse to a vehicle central axis using a vehicle power steering system and using a motor and a battery to advance the vehicle toward a target connector for a utility power grid for charging the battery. If needed, vertical vehicle position adjustments are made using a controllable vehicle suspension system.