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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2013
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Paul Theodore Momcilovich, Tecumseh, MI (US);
Allan Roy Gale, Livonia, MI (US);
Bruce Carvell Blakemore, Plymouth, MI (US);
Michael W. Degner, Novi, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); B60L 3/00 (2006.01); B60L 7/12 (2006.01); B60L 11/14 (2006.01); B60L 3/12 (2006.01); B60L 11/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/0029 (2013.01); B60L 3/0046 (2013.01); B60L 3/12 (2013.01); B60L 7/12 (2013.01); B60L 11/123 (2013.01); B60L 11/14 (2013.01); B60L 11/1805 (2013.01); B60L 11/1809 (2013.01); B60L 11/1857 (2013.01); B60L 11/1861 (2013.01); B60L 11/1864 (2013.01); H02J 7/0052 (2013.01); B60L 2240/421 (2013.01); B60L 2240/423 (2013.01); B60L 2240/441 (2013.01); B60L 2240/443 (2013.01); B60L 2240/545 (2013.01); B60L 2240/547 (2013.01); B60L 2240/549 (2013.01); B60L 2240/80 (2013.01); B60L 2250/10 (2013.01); B60L 2250/16 (2013.01); B60L 2260/44 (2013.01); B60L 2260/54 (2013.01); H02J 7/0031 (2013.01); H02J 2007/0037 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6217 (2013.01); Y02T 10/642 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7005 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7044 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7061 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7077 (2013.01);
Abstract
An exemplary battery charge monitoring method includes, among other things, calculating expected charge data for a battery using at least a capacity of the battery and a charge rate, and comparing actual charge data to the expected charge data to identify differences between the actual charge data and the expected charge data.