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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Hai Yu, Canton, MI (US);
Yonghua Li, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); B60K 6/442 (2007.10); B60K 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 11/1861 (2013.01); B60K 6/442 (2013.01); B60K 7/0007 (2013.01); B60L 11/1814 (2013.01); B60L 11/1818 (2013.01); B60L 11/1838 (2013.01); Y10S 903/903 (2013.01);
Abstract
An exemplary electrified vehicle charging method includes waking a portion of an electrified vehicle, reading a state of charge for a battery of the electrified vehicle during the waking, charging the battery using an internal combustion engine in response to the reading if the electrified vehicle is in an open space, and disabling the charging if the electrified vehicle is in an enclosed space.