Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and systems for a hybrid electric vehicle
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Application No.: US17023950Application Date: 2020-09-17
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Publication No.: US11326486B2Publication Date: 2022-05-10
- Inventor: Guenter Hans Grosch , Rainer Lach , Franz Weber , Anselm Hopf
- 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: McCoy Russell LLP
- Agent Geoffrey Brumbaugh
- Priority: DE102019214371.7 20190920
- Main IPC: F01M5/00
- IPC: F01M5/00 ; B60W30/18 ; B60L50/61 ; B60W10/08 ; B60W10/06

Abstract:
Methods and systems are provided for an oil heater of a hybrid electric vehicle. The oil heater comprises a metal foam comprising a plurality of pores. The oil heater is activated during a regenerative braking event where an oil temperature is less than a predefined temperature.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210087956A1 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2021-03-25
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