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US 2022/0032900 A1Published application
Default charging of automotive battery while parked
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorToussaint Carpenter
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Abstract
A vehicle control system may, during a deactivated state of the vehicle, generate a wake up signal, and responsive to a current or voltage associated with the wake up signal being outside a predetermined range, activate an ignition relay of the vehicle for a predefined period of time. The vehicle control system may further, responsive to a request to activate the vehicle, activate the ignition relay.
Claims17
A vehicle comprising:
- an ignition relay;
- and
- a controller programmed to,
- responsive to a request to activate the vehicle, activate the ignition relay, and
- during a deactivated state of the vehicle, generate a wake up signal, and responsive to a current or voltage associated with the wake up signal being outside a predetermined range, activate the ignition relay for a predefined period of time.
2 more elements
A method for controlling operation of a vehicle, comprising:
- by one or more controllers,
- responsive to a request to activate the vehicle, activating an ignition relay, and
- during a deactivated state of the vehicle,
- generating a wake up signal, and
- responsive to a current or voltage associated with the wake up signal being outside a predetermined range, activating the ignition relay for a predefined period of time.
2 more elements
A vehicle control system comprising:
- a controller programmed to, during a deactivated state of the vehicle, generate a wake up signal, and responsive to a current or voltage associated with the wake up signal being outside a predetermined range, activate an ignition relay of the vehicle for a predefined period of time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.