Patent · US Active

Regenerative braking method

US10150371B2 · kind B2 · utility

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3References

20Claims

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Assignee

Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

Thomas Zenner · Lehrte, DE
Daniel Benjamin Kok · Ann Arbor, US
Jimmy Kapadia · Ottawa Hills, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 3, 2016
Grant date	Dec 11, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 3, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60T2270/604
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle system includes a controller that is programmed to, in response to a speed differential between the vehicle and a forward detected object, decelerate the vehicle at a first rate during a first period via regenerative braking alone and decelerate the vehicle at a second rate during a second period, following the first period, to reduce a distance to the forward detected object from an initial distance to a minimum distance.

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