Invention Grant
- Patent Title: State of function adaptive power management
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Application No.: US17326749Application Date: 2021-05-21
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Publication No.: US11697383B2Publication Date: 2023-07-11
- Inventor: Mark Eifert , Pankaj Kumar , Timothy Panagis , Peter Phung
- 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: Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP
- Agent Frank Lollo
- Main IPC: B60W10/26
- IPC: B60W10/26 ; B60R16/033 ; B60W10/18 ; B60W10/20 ; H02J7/00 ; B60W10/28

Abstract:
A method for controlling a vehicle active chassis power system includes determining, via a processor, a minimum output voltage/current threshold for an aggregated power supply associated with an active chassis operation, and generating an aggregate State of Function (SoF) indicative of a maximum voltage/current budget for an output of the vehicle active chassis power system. The aggregate SoF is based on a primary power source voltage/current output and a power storage voltage/current output. The method further includes causing to control an active chassis power system actuator based on a minimum voltage/current value associated with the aggregate SoF. Causing to control the active chassis power system actuator can include publishing the aggregate SoF to a braking actuator, a steering actuator, or to a domain controller that actively distributes an aggregated power supply capability SoF to a braking actuator and a steering actuator based on one or more present vehicle states.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220371531A1 STATE OF FUNCTION ADAPTIVE POWER MANAGEMENT Public/Granted day:2022-11-24
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