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US 12,697,930 B2Granted
Dynamic control of on-board generator inverter input power
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMark J. Ferrel, Mateusz Zadrozny
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Abstract
A vehicle includes power outlets configured to receive power from an inverter. The vehicle includes power sources configured to supply power to the inverter and a plurality of electrical systems. A controller is programmed to, responsive to detecting a load connected to one of the power outlets, change a maximum power limit of the electrical systems by an amount associated with the one of the power outlets.
Claims15
A method comprising, by a controller:
- operating a power system of a vehicle, configured to supply power to (i) a plurality of electrical systems on-board the vehicle and (ii) an inverter coupled to a plurality of power outlets comprising receptacles configured to receive a mating electric plug, to reserve an amount of power suppliable from the power system for the plurality of power outlets;
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- responsive to detecting an off-board load external to the vehicle connected to one of the power outlets, decrease power suppliable from the power system to the on-board electrical systems by a predicted power consumption associated with the one of the plurality of power outlets.
A method comprising, by a controller:
- operating a vehicle power system of an electrified vehicle, configured to supply power from at least one of a traction battery and an electric machine to (i) a plurality of electrical systems on-board the electrified vehicle and (ii) an inverter coupled to a plurality of 120 VAC power outlets comprising receptacles configured to receive a mating electric plug;
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- responsive to detecting an off-board load external to the electrified vehicle connected to one or more of the plurality of 120 VAC power outlets, decrease power suppliable from the vehicle power system to the on-board electrical systems by a power consumption associated with the one or more of the plurality of 120 VAC power outlets.
A method comprising, by a controller:
- limiting power available from a power system of an electrified vehicle to a plurality of electrical systems on-board the electrified vehicle based on a reserved power available from an inverter powered by the power system and coupled to a plurality of power outlets comprising receptacles configured to receive a mating electric plug of an off-board load external to the electrified vehicle, the reserved power based on a maximum power limit of at least one of the plurality of power outlets having an associated detected off-board load.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.