Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Redundant electrical power for autonomous vehicles
- Patent Title (中): 自主车辆冗余电力
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Application No.: US14226234Application Date: 2014-03-26
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Publication No.: US09457684B2Publication Date: 2016-10-04
- Inventor: Dale Scott Crombez , Jerome Charles Ivan , James Robert McBride , Wayne Williams , Paul Joseph Szuszman , Roger Arnold Trombley , Peter Worrel , Hai Yu
- 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 ; B60L1/00 ; B60L3/00
Abstract:
A system includes a first battery configured to power at least one vehicle subsystem and a second battery configured to power an electric motor to propel a vehicle. A processing device is configured to detect an inadequate power level provided from the first battery to the at least one vehicle subsystem and selectively partition the second battery to power the at least one vehicle subsystem.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150274027A1 REDUNDANT ELECTRICAL POWER FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES Public/Granted day:2015-10-01
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