Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Shane Schulze

Ming Lang Kuang

Fazal Urrahman Syed

Shailesh Shrikant Kozarekar

Venkatapathi Raju Nallapa

Michael Edward Loftus

Venkateswa Anand Sankaran

Thanh Pham

Donald Charles Franks

Kevin Vander Laan

Robert Taenaka

Ben A Tabatowski-Bush

Tuyen Quoc Tran

Richard Kai Wong

Jesus Cardosa

A vehicle may include an electric machine, a traction battery, and a solar panel array. The vehicle may further include circuitry electrically connected with the battery and array. The circuitry may include at least one switch configured to close when activated by a calibrated maximum holding power to permit energy to flow from the array to the battery.

Vehicle power system

A portable high voltage charging apparatus (HVCA) can be configured to controllably charge a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) traction battery using energy provided by a low voltage (LV) lead acid vehicle battery. An HVCA can include a DCDC converter configured to boost a lower input voltage from the LV battery to a higher output voltage provided to the HV battery. The HVCA can be configured with a traction battery interlock, allowing offline charging of the traction battery. In an example embodiment, an HVCA can be configured to communicate with an HV battery control module via a CAN bus. An HVCA can be configured to transfer energy to the HV battery for a predetermined time period, then automatically stop the transfer process. An HVCA can be configured to receive user input to start and/or stop a charging process. An example embodiment can include a supplemental charger to boost LV battery voltage.

High voltage charge pack

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Ypsilanti, MI, United States of America

Shane Schulze