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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Chris Michael Kava, Taylor, MI (US);
Kent Hancock, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Angel Fernando Porras, Dearborn, MI (US);
Mark Anthony Rockwell, Wyandotte, MI (US);
Justin Reuel Badger, Plymouth, MI (US);
Brett Allen Dunn, Plymouth, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 9/00 (2006.01); B60W 20/14 (2016.01); B60K 6/365 (2007.10); B60K 6/48 (2007.10); B60L 7/10 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/14 (2016.01); B60K 6/365 (2013.01); B60K 6/48 (2013.01); B60L 7/10 (2013.01); B60L 11/1874 (2013.01); B60L 11/1875 (2013.01); B60K 2006/4808 (2013.01); B60K 2006/4825 (2013.01); B60K 2006/4833 (2013.01); B60W 2510/246 (2013.01); B60W 2710/246 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/92 (2013.01); B60Y 2300/18125 (2013.01); B60Y 2300/91 (2013.01); B60Y 2300/92 (2013.01); B60Y 2306/05 (2013.01); B60Y 2400/112 (2013.01); B60Y 2400/81 (2013.01); Y10S 903/91 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electrified vehicle according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, an energy recovery mechanism, and a controller configured to selectively activate at least a battery cooling mode to dissipate excess power from the energy recovery mechanism.