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Granted Patent B2
US 10,086,709 · App. 15/182,142 · Granted Oct 2, 2018

Variable wakeup of a high-voltage charger based on low-voltage system parameters

Inventors: Daniel Paul Roberts (Livonia, MI); William Najib Mansur (West Bloomfield, MI); Mark Douglas Malone (Canton, MI); Beth Ann Dalrymple (Livonia, MI)
Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
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Patent No.
US 10,086,709
App. No.
15/182,142
Granted
Oct 2, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of operating a vehicular system includes charging, by a controller and via an electric vehicle charge station, a low-voltage battery when a module powered by the low-voltage battery is awake and an SOC of the low-voltage battery is less than a threshold; and in response to the SOC exceeding the threshold, commanding by the controller the module to enter a sleep mode for a sleep duration defined by a power usage of the module such that as the power usage changes, the sleep duration changes.

Claims (25)

1. A vehicle method comprising:

by a controller,

charging via an electric vehicle charge station a low-voltage battery when a module, powered by the low-voltage battery, is awake; and

in response to an SOC of the low-voltage battery exceeding a threshold, commanding the module to enter a sleep mode for a duration defined by an average power draw of the module while awake.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the duration increases as the average current draw of the module increases.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the duration is further defined by a profile of a current of the low-voltage battery indicative of a customer driving habit that includes electronic power steering usage, air conditioning usage, and seat heater usage.

4. The method of claim 1 further including adjusting the duration based on a battery parameter.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the battery parameter is a temperature, an age, or a capacity of the low-voltage battery.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the battery parameter is a self-discharge rate or an internal impedance of the low-voltage battery.

7. A vehicle comprising:

a module powered by a low-voltage battery; and

a controller configured to, while coupled with a charge station, route current to the low-voltage battery after expiration of a time period that has a duration defined by a change in current of the low-voltage battery associated with operation of the module and a parameter associated with the low-voltage battery.

8. The vehicle of claim 7 , wherein the parameter is a temperature, an age, or a capacity of the low-voltage battery.

9. The vehicle of claim 8 , wherein the duration decreases as the temperature of the low-voltage battery increases.

10. The vehicle of claim 7 , wherein the parameter is a self-discharge rate or an internal impedance of the low-voltage battery.

11. The vehicle of claim 10 , wherein the duration decreases as the internal impedance increases.

12. The vehicle of claim 7 , wherein the duration is further defined by a profile of a current of the low-voltage battery indicative of a customer driving habit that includes a desired interior temperature of the vehicle, and seat heater usage.

13. A vehicle comprising:

a controller configured to, while coupled with a charge station, route current from the charge station to a low-voltage battery in response to (i) an SOC of the low-voltage battery being below a threshold and (ii) an expiration of a sleep duration that is defined by a change in current of the low-voltage battery and a parameter associated with the low-voltage battery.

14. The vehicle of claim 13 , wherein the parameter is a capacity of the low-voltage battery.

15. The vehicle of claim 13 , wherein the parameter is an internal impedance of the low-voltage battery.

16. The vehicle of claim 13 , wherein the sleep duration is further defined by a profile of a current of the low-voltage battery indicative of a customer driving habit that includes a desired temperature of an interior of the vehicle, and seat heater usage.

17. The vehicle of claim 16 , wherein the parameter is a temperature, an age, or a capacity of the low-voltage battery.

18. The vehicle of claim 16 , wherein the parameter is a self-discharge rate or an internal impedance of the low-voltage battery.

19. The vehicle of claim 13 , wherein the sleep duration decreases as the low-voltage battery current increases.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 15, 2016
From: ROBERTS, DANIEL PAUL; MANSUR, WILLIAM NAJIB; MALONE, MARK DOUGLAS; DALRYMPLE, BETH ANN
To: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 039024/0078 →
Continuity (1)
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