Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle power management
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Application No.: US17199887Application Date: 2021-03-12
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Publication No.: US11951937B2Publication Date: 2024-04-09
- Inventor: Stuart C. Salter , Zeljko Deljevic , John Robert Van Wiemeersch , Sam Harris , Tarik Safir , Donald Paul Bilger
- 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 Lollo
- Main IPC: B60R25/02
- IPC: B60R25/02 ; B60R25/102 ; B60R25/30 ; B60R25/31 ; B60R25/34 ; B60R16/033 ; B60R25/20 ; B60R25/40

Abstract:
Upon identifying an authorized user approaching a vehicle, vehicle locks are controlled to permit the authorized user to access an authorized area based on a user authorization. Permitted vehicle features within the authorized area for the authorized user are identified based on the user authorization. Upon receiving a user input selecting one permitted vehicle feature, the selected permitted vehicle feature is actuated based on determining that a state of charge of a battery is above a charge threshold. Upon determining that the state of charge of the battery decreases below the charge threshold, actuation of the selected permitted vehicle feature is stopped. Then an engine is controlled to charge the battery based on the user authorization.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220289136A1 VEHICLE POWER MANAGEMENT Public/Granted day:2022-09-15
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