Patent ID: 11945330
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H  Y | IPC B  H

Claim 18:
19. A bidirectional energy transfer system, comprising:
a traction battery pack; and
a control module programmed to generate a transient load increased usage setting recommendation for a home appliance based at least on an amount of excess energy available from the traction battery pack and an application use per unit time and measure of the home appliance, wherein the application use per unit time and measure is representative of an amount of time the home appliance can be powered for achieving a user-desired setting change of the home appliance,
wherein the transient load increased usage setting recommendation is presented to a user on a user interface in the form of degrees lower or higher the home appliance can be set at for a specific amount of time,
wherein the control module is further programmed to control a bidirectional energy transfer output of the traction battery pack for powering an increased usage setting of the home appliance in response to receiving an input signal indicating a selection of the transient load increased usage setting recommendation by the user.