ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,809, issued on May 13, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Towed electrified vehicle control" was invented by William David Treharne (Ypsilanti, Mich.) and Thomas Anthony Vassa (Sparks, Nev.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrified vehicle includes a human-machine interface to enable a towed vehicle mode to enable electric pumps to lubricate and/or cool vehicle components and to disable driver assistance features while the electrified vehicle is being towed by another vehicle. The electrified vehicle includes a drivetrain having an electric machine configured to provide propulsive torque to vehicle w...