Patent ID: 11912166
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H  Y | IPC B  H

Claim 14:
15. A vehicle system, comprising:
a vehicle including an accelerator pedal;
a fuel cell;
an electric energy storage device;
an electric machine coupled to a wheel; and
a controller including executable instructions stored in non-transitory memory to:
anticipate a reduction in a driver demand power via the controller in response to data retrieved from off-board the vehicle without receiving a reduction in the driver demand power, and to decrease power output of the fuel cell in response to anticipating the reduction in driver demand power without receiving an actual reduction in the driver demand power, then
determine no indication to reduce the driver demand power has been received and that the vehicle is still without the reduction in the driver torque demand within a predetermined amount of time after anticipating the reduction driver demand torque, and
in response to there being no indication to reduce the driver demand power and the vehicle still being without the reduction in the driver torque demand within the predetermined amount of time after anticipating the reduction in driver demand power, reducing the electric power output of the fuel cell to the electric machine, and reducing a rate at which the electric power output of the fuel cell is reduced,

where the anticipated reduction in the driver demand power is a prediction that an operator requested output of a vehicle propulsion system is going to be reduced.