Method for auxiliary load control
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsStuart Salter, Ross Dykstra Pursifull, Paul Kenneth Dellock, David Brian Glickman, William Taylor
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Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for controlling power generation in a vehicle. In one example, the vehicle includes a controller coupled to an auxiliary device through a communication link, the auxiliary device drawing power from a generator at a power interface. Power supplied to the auxiliary device is regulated by the controller through signals transmitted over the communication link.
Claims20
A method for operating a vehicle system with an internal combustion engine, comprising:
- at a controller, establishing a communication link between the controller and an auxiliary device electrically coupled to a power interface of a vehicle;
- receiving a signal from the auxiliary device indicative of a present and/or anticipated power consumption of the auxiliary device;
- and
- regulating power supplied to the auxiliary device through the power interface based on the signal indicative of the present and/or anticipated power consumption,
- wherein power is regulated by increasing a fuel injection quantity in the internal combustion engine.
A vehicle system, comprising:
- an external power interface including a power outlet receiving electrical energy from an electric machine coupled to an internal combustion engine when a vehicle is stationary;
- a controller with computer readable instructions stored on non-transitory memory that when executed cause the controller to:
- establish a wireless communication link with an auxiliary device electrically coupled to the power outlet;
- receive a wireless signal from the auxiliary device indicative of a present and/or anticipated power consumption of the auxiliary device;
- and
- regulate an amount of power supplied to the auxiliary device through the power interface based on the signal indicative of the present and/or anticipated power consumption of the auxiliary device,
- wherein power is regulated by increasing a fuel injection quantity in the internal combustion engine.
A method for operating a vehicle system with an internal combustion engine coupled to an electric machine, comprising:
- at a controller, establishing a wireless communication link between a controller and an auxiliary device electrically coupled to a power interface of a vehicle;
- receiving a signal from the auxiliary device indicative of an anticipated power consumption of the auxiliary device;
- regulating an amount of power supplied to the auxiliary device through the power interface by adjusting the internal combustion engine and/or the electric machine based on the signal indicative of the anticipated power consumption of the auxiliary device, wherein power is regulated by increasing a fuel injection quantity in the internal combustion engine;
- determining a power interface overload condition;
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- tripping a circuit breaker in the power interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.