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US 10,239,416 B2Granted
System and method for improving reverse driving capability of electrified vehicles
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsThomas Zenner, Daniel Benjamin Kok, Derek Hartl
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Abstract
A method includes controlling an electrified vehicle by modifying a state of charge (SOC) window associated with an energy storage device of the electrified vehicle in response to a reverse driving event or a trailer towing event.
Claims10
An electrified vehicle, comprising:
- a set of drive wheels;
- an energy storage device configured to selectively supply power for propelling said drive wheels;
- and
- a control system configured with instructions for narrowing a state of charge (SOC) window associated with said energy storage device by moving an upper boundary and a lower boundary of said SOC window closer toward one another in response to detecting a forward driving event and a trailer towing event.
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An electrified vehicle, comprising:
- a battery pack;
- and
- a control system configured with instructions for automatically narrowing a state of charge (SOC) window associated with said battery pack when a trailer towing event is detected and the electrified vehicle is traveling in a forward drive gear, and automatically widening the SOC window by moving an upper boundary and a lower boundary of the SOC window further apart from one another when the trailer towing event is detected and the electrified vehicle is traveling in a reverse drive gear.
An electrified vehicle, comprising:
- a set of drive wheels;
- an energy storage device configured to selectively supply power for propelling said drive wheels;
- and
- a control system configured with instructions for widening a state of charge (SOC) window associated with said energy storage device by moving an upper boundary and a lower boundary of said SOC window further apart from one another in response to detecting a reverse driving event and a trailer towing event.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.