US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on Aug. 12 for "Electrified vehicle control during trailer towing" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,356, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Electrified vehicle control during trailer towing" was invented by Erik J. Christen (Royal Oak, Mich.) and Gregory Kucab (Ypsilanti, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for a vehicle having a traction battery, an electric machine, and a secondary power source, such as an engine, operate the electric machine and secondary power source to sustain a state of charge (SOC) of the traction battery when the SOC is either: a) below a first threshold and above a second threshold; or b) below a third threshold; and to deplete the SOC o...