US 12,065,044 B2
Method of controlling electric load shedding in a vehicle
Urs Christen, Aachen (DE); David Ramiro, Richmond (GB); Handian Chen, Aachen (DE); Fazal U. Syed, Canton, MI (US); Sassan Farahmand, Canton, MI (US); Brendan Jenkins, Canton, MI (US); and Douglas Michael Smith, Ypsilanti, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Mar. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/657,303.
Claims priority of application No. 21168882 (EP), filed on Apr. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0332196 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. B60L 50/11 (2019.01); B60L 1/00 (2006.01); B60L 50/16 (2019.01); B60L 50/61 (2019.01); B60M 3/02 (2006.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); H02J 1/14 (2006.01)
CPC B60L 50/11 (2019.02) [B60L 1/00 (2013.01); B60L 1/003 (2013.01); B60L 50/16 (2019.02); B60L 50/61 (2019.02); B60M 3/02 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); H02J 1/14 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a plurality of electric consumers comprising one or more operating modes with different levels of power consumption;
an energy storage device arranged in a vehicle;
an electric machine arranged in the vehicle and configured to provide power to the energy storage device or power to the electric consumers and torque to wheels of the vehicle;
a power allocating device coupled to the energy storage device and the plurality of electric consumers; and
a controller comprising computer-readable instructions stored on memory thereof that when executed enable the controller to:
maintain two indices for allocating power to the plurality of electric consumers, wherein a first index comprises a first power allocation strategy based on power from only the energy storage device and a second index comprises a second power allocation strategy based on power from the energy storage device and the electric machine.