Invention Grant
- Patent Title: High voltage winch system leveraging hybrid electric vehicle architecture
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Application No.: US16260440Application Date: 2019-01-29
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Publication No.: US11677258B2Publication Date: 2023-06-13
- Inventor: Michael Ehlert , Joseph Confer
- 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: Brooks Kushman, P.C.
- Agent David Kelley
- Main IPC: B66D1/12
- IPC: B66D1/12 ; B60K20/00 ; H02J7/14 ; B66D3/26 ; B66D1/40 ; B60K25/00

Abstract:
A vehicle includes an auxiliary battery configured to power an electrical accessory, a traction battery configured to provide power to propel the vehicle, a winch including a motor and cable, and a controller configured to, responsive to a requested torque of the motor being less than a threshold, initiate transfer of power to the motor from the auxiliary battery, and initiate transfer of power to the motor from the traction battery otherwise.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200244091A1 HIGH VOLTAGE WINCH SYSTEM LEVERAGING HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE ARCHITECTURE Public/Granted day:2020-07-30
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