US 12,078,116 B2
Vehicle electrical system
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US); Alasdair Collins, Billericay (GB); Yukiyasu Nagata, Northville, MI (US); Gabriel Jim, Canton, MI (US); Malcolm Fry, Hertford/Hertfordshire (GB); Kelvin Howard, Romford (GB); and Hanyang Chen, Canton, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Sep. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/467,609.
Prior Publication US 2023/0070318 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. F02D 35/00 (2006.01); G01R 31/392 (2019.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC F02D 35/0007 (2013.01) [G01R 31/392 (2019.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle electrical system comprising:
a battery;
a customer connection point;
a switch electrically connected in series between the battery and the customer connection point;
a computer communicatively coupled to the switch; and
a transceiver communicatively coupled to the computer;
the computer being programmed to:
instruct the switch to open in response to a state of charge of the battery decreasing below a charge threshold;
receive an input from a user selecting a first time limit, wherein the input contains a selection of the first time limit from a range presented to the user, the range extending from a smallest time to a greatest time;
instruct the transceiver to transmit a first message to a remote server upon determining that the state of charge of the battery will decrease below the charge threshold in less than the first time limit from a current time; and
instruct the transceiver to transmit a second message to the remote server upon determining that the state of charge of the battery will decrease below the charge threshold in less than a second time limit from the current time, wherein the second time limit is less than the smallest time.