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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.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015

Filed:

Aug. 29, 2013
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Michael Edward Loftus, Northville, MI (US);

Perry Robinson MacNeille, Lathrup Village, MI (US);

John Proietty, Ferndale, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant 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); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 11/1861 (2013.01); B60L 11/1838 (2013.01); G01C 21/3469 (2013.01); G01C 21/3691 (2013.01);
Abstract

A battery electric vehicle life support system for a battery electric vehicle. The system may include at least one controller adapted to receive charging station location data; a vehicle battery interfacing with the at least one controller, the at least one controller adapted to receive state of charge data from the vehicle battery; and the at least one controller adapted to determine a probability that the vehicle will reach at least one battery charging station based on the state of charge data and the charging station location data. A battery electric vehicle life support method is also disclosed.


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