Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Determining a fuel quantity to charge a vehicle battery
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Application No.: US15667976Application Date: 2017-08-03
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Publication No.: US10439427B2Publication Date: 2019-10-08
- Inventor: Stuart C. Salter , Annette Lynn Huebner , Pietro Buttolo , Brent Young , Matthew Dionise
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Bejin Bieneman PLC
- Agent Frank MacKenzie
- Main IPC: B60L11/18
- IPC: B60L11/18 ; H02J7/04 ; B60L3/00 ; H02J7/02

Abstract:
A computer is programmed to upon determining that a battery charge level of a battery of a vehicle is below a first threshold, determine a first fuel quantity for an engine to charge the battery to a second threshold; and actuate a vehicle component according to the first fuel quantity. The computer may transmit a message specifying a second fuel quantity that is a sum of a preset fuel quantity and the first fuel quantity. The computer may, upon determining that an ambient temperature is below a temperature threshold, provide an instruction to the engine to charge the battery to the second threshold.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190039475A1 Vehicle Battery Charging Public/Granted day:2019-02-07
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