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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Karin Lovett, Novi, MI (US);
Angel Fernando Porras, Dearborn, MI (US);
Christopher Adam Ochocinski, Canton, MI (US);
Ryan J. Skaff, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/10 (2012.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2012.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/10 (2013.01); B60H 1/00735 (2013.01); B60L 11/187 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
An exemplary method includes changing a scheduled preconditioning cycle of an electrified vehicle in response to a period without a key cycle of the electrified vehicle. Another exemplary method includes communicating an alert to an operator of an electrified vehicle in response to at least one preconditioning cycle of the electrified vehicle without a key cycle of the electrified vehicle.