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US 2018/0022229 A1Published application
System and method for heating electrified vehicle battery packs
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsChristian Johan Owen HANDLEY, Ken J. JACKSON
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Abstract
A method includes controlling an electrified vehicle by modifying a power output of an engine to power an electric heating device for selectively heating a battery pack of the electrified vehicle.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- controlling an electrified vehicle by modifying a power output of an engine to power an electric heating device for selectively heating a battery pack of the electrified vehicle.
An electrified vehicle, comprising:
- an engine;
- a battery pack;
- an electric heating device configured to heat said battery pack;
- and
- a control system configured with instructions for selectively modifying a power output of said engine to meet a load of said electric heating device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.