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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2014
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Dale Scott Crombez, Livonia, MI (US);
Jerome Charles Ivan, Troy, MI (US);
James Robert McBride, Saline, MI (US);
Wayne Williams, Livonia, MI (US);
Paul Joseph Szuszman, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Roger Arnold Trombley, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Peter Worrel, Troy, MI (US);
Hai Yu, Canton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A system includes a first battery configured to power at least one vehicle subsystem and a second battery configured to power an electric motor to propel a vehicle. A processing device is configured to detect an inadequate power level provided from the first battery to the at least one vehicle subsystem and selectively partition the second battery to power the at least one vehicle subsystem.