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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2012
Applicants:
Urs Christen, Aachen, DE;
Engbert Spijker, Nuth, NL;
Thomas Rambow, Aachen, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/13 (2016.01); B60W 20/40 (2016.01); H02J 7/14 (2006.01); H01M 10/48 (2006.01); H01M 10/44 (2006.01); H01M 10/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/13 (2016.01); B60W 20/40 (2013.01); H01M 10/48 (2013.01); H02J 7/1446 (2013.01); H01M 10/44 (2013.01); H01M 10/46 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7016 (2013.01); Y02T 10/92 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a method for operating a motor vehicle driven by an internal combustion engine and having a rechargeable battery and a generator for charging the battery, a charging acceptance of the battery is determined and a first charging mode, in which the generator is driven by the internal combustion engine in order to charge the battery, or a second charging mode, in which the generator is driven by a propulsionless travel movement of the motor vehicle, in order to charge the battery, is selected as a function of the charging acceptance.