Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Auto Motive Power, Inc.

Mike Hibbard

Anil Paryani

Jacob Swanson

Warren Chan

Joel Karlsson

Vardan Markosyan

Edward Casilio

Jana Mahen Fernando

Jana Fernando

A combined battery management system, charger, and direct current converter (BCD) for an electric vehicle is disclosed. The combined unit includes an enclosure enclosing: an on board charger (OBC); a direct current converter (DC-DC); and a single cold plate thermally coupled to both the OBC and the DC-DC, the single cold plate configured to provide cooling for both the OBC and the DC-DC. The combined unit also includes a plurality of 12V terminal posts on the enclosure, at least one of the plurality of 12V terminal posts for 12V in and at least two of the plurality of 12V terminal posts for 12V outs.

Combined BMS, charger, and DC-DC in electric vehicles

A controller of an electric vehicle is disclosed. The controller includes: a BMS LV module configured to manage a low voltage battery; a BMS HV module configured to manage a high voltage battery; a DC-DC module configured to control a plurality of DC-DC FETs; and an ampSwitch module configured to detect a short on a bus and switch to an open state, and further configured to command the DC-DC module or an alternator to match the low battery's voltage and switch to a closed state when voltage returns to normal.

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Long Beach, CA, United States of America

Mike Hibbard