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US 10,093,197 B2Granted
Key off energy management system
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsZeljko Deljevic, James Michael Weinfurther, Karl William Wojcik
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Abstract
A vehicle may include a body controller programmed to limit operation of at least one vehicle feature to reduce battery consumption during transit of the vehicle in response to a vehicle flag indicating a transport status, and to enable operation of the at least one vehicle feature during manufacturing in response to the vehicle flag indicating a factory status.
Claims10
A vehicle comprising:
- a body controller programmed to limit operation of at least one vehicle feature to reduce battery consumption during transit of the vehicle in response to a vehicle flag indicating a transport status, and to enable operation of the at least one vehicle feature during manufacturing in response to the vehicle flag indicating a factory status, wherein limiting operation of the feature includes slowing response sampling associated with the feature.
A vehicle comprising:
- a body controller programmed to receive a life cycle indicator and at least one other factor and to limit or enable at least one vehicle feature based on the life cycle indicator and at least one other factor, the at least one other factor including at least one of a time since vehicle key-off and a battery status, wherein limiting the at least one vehicle feature includes slowing response sampling associated with the at least one feature.
A vehicle comprising:
- a body controller programmed to limit operation of at least one vehicle feature in response to a vehicle flag indicating a manufacture status and to enable the at least one vehicle feature in response to the vehicle flag indicating a consumer status, wherein limiting operation of the at least one vehicle feature includes slowing response sampling associated with the at least one feature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.