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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2013
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
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, Southfield, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); B60W 10/20 (2006.01); B60W 10/22 (2006.01); B60W 20/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/028 (2013.01); B60L 11/1818 (2013.01); B60L 11/1833 (2013.01); B60L 11/1835 (2013.01); B62D 15/0285 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 10/20 (2013.01); B60W 10/22 (2013.01); B60W 20/00 (2013.01); B60W 2600/00 (2013.01); Y10S 903/93 (2013.01); B60L 2260/32 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7005 (2013.01); Y02T 90/16 (2013.01); Y02T 90/125 (2013.01); Y02T 90/121 (2013.01); Y02T 90/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
An auto-seek operating mode for an electric vehicle adjusts the vehicle using a vehicle power steering system and a vehicle traction motor to move the vehicle toward a target connector for a utility power grid to charge a vehicle traction battery. If needed, vertical vehicle position adjustments may be made using a controllable vehicle suspension system.