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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2010
Applicants:
James D. Marus, Royal Oak, MI (US);
James C. Gibbs, Brighton, MI (US);
Inventors:
James D. Marus, Royal Oak, MI (US);
James C. Gibbs, Brighton, MI (US);
Assignee:
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 9/00 (2006.01); B60L 11/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Vehicular propulsion systems and methods for managing propulsion systems are provided. The remaining energy in an energy supply coupled to a propulsion actuator on-board a vehicle is monitored. The energy provided to an on-board auxiliary non-propulsion load device from the energy supply is automatically limited based on the remaining energy in the energy supply.