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Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 26, 2014
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

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);

Assignee:

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

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 11/18 (2006.01); B60L 1/00 (2006.01); B60L 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 11/1853 (2013.01); B60L 11/1851 (2013.01); B60L 11/1861 (2013.01); B60L 11/1868 (2013.01); B60L 11/1877 (2013.01); B60L 1/00 (2013.01); B60L 3/0092 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7005 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7044 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7066 (2013.01); Y10S 903/903 (2013.01);
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.


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