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US 10,855,070 B2Granted
Vehicle and method of delivering electrical current to an outlet on the vehicle
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsSriram Jala, Muhammad Zubair Feroz
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a generator, an outlet, and a controller. The generator is electrically connected to the outlet. The controller is programmed to, responsive to outlet temperature being less than a threshold, deliver an electric current from the generator to an external device that is connected to the outlet. The controller is further programmed to, responsive to the outlet temperature exceeding the threshold, inhibit delivering the current from the electric machine to the external device.
Claims20
A vehicle comprising:
- an electric generator configured to generate electrical power;
- an outlet connected to the electric generator;
- and
- a controller programmed to,
- in response to a temperature of the outlet being less than a first temperature threshold, deliver current at a first magnitude from the electric generator to an external device that is connected to the outlet,
- in response to an increase in the temperature of the outlet to a first temperature value that is within a predefined range that is greater than the first temperature threshold but less than a second temperature threshold, decrease the current being delivered from the electrical generator to the external device to a second magnitude that is less than the first magnitude,
- in response to a decrease in the temperature of the outlet to a second temperature value that is within the predefined range, increase the current being delivered from the electrical generator to the external device to a third magnitude that is less than the first magnitude, and
- in response to a temperature of the outlet being greater than the second temperature threshold, inhibit delivering current from the electric generator to the external device.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a generator electrically connected to an outlet;
- and
- a controller programmed to,
- responsive to outlet temperature being less than a first temperature threshold, deliver an electric current having a first magnitude from the generator to an external device that is connected to the outlet,
- responsive to an increase in the outlet temperature to a first temperature value that is within a predefined range that is greater than the first temperature threshold but less than a second temperature threshold, decrease the current being delivered from the generator to the external device to a second magnitude that is less than the first magnitude,
- responsive to a decrease in the outlet temperature to a second temperature value that is within the predefined range, increase the current being delivered from the generator to the external device to a third magnitude that is less than the first magnitude, and
- responsive to the outlet temperature exceeding the second threshold, inhibit delivering the current from the generator to the external device.
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A method of controlling a vehicle comprising:
- delivering current at a first magnitude from an electric generator to an outlet responsive to connecting a first external device to the outlet and a temperature of the outlet being less than a first threshold;
- decreasing the current being delivered from the electric generator to the outlet to a second magnitude that is less than the first magnitude responsive to an increase in the temperature of the outlet to a first value that is within a predefined range that is greater than the first threshold but less than a second threshold;
- increasing the current being delivered from the electric generator to the outlet to a third magnitude that is less than the first magnitude responsive to a decrease in the temperature of the outlet to a second value that is within the predefined range;
- and
- inhibiting delivering current from the electric generator to the outlet responsive to the temperature exceeding the second threshold.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.