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US 2026/0091629 A1Published application
Coordinated control of vehicle and trailer electric machines
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsBrendan F. DIAMOND, Keith WESTON, Andrew Denis LEWANDOWSKI, Shehan HAPUTHANTHRI
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Abstract
A controller commands an electric machine of a vehicle to produce propulsive torque with energy from a traction battery of the vehicle and, at a same time, commands an electric machine of a trailer coupled with the vehicle to produce regenerative torque such that a speed of the vehicle does not change.
Claims8
A vehicle mechanically coupled to a trailer having a trailer computer and a trailer battery, the vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle motor;
- a vehicle battery configured to supply and receive electric charge from the vehicle motor;
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- a controller in communication with the trailer computer and being programmed to command a transfer of electric charge between the trailer battery and the vehicle battery based on data about a route to be travelled by the vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.