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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Jiyao Wang, Canton, MI (US);
Wei Xu, Canton, MI (US);
Shuzhen Liu, Novi, MI (US);
Zhichun Ma, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 27/04 (2016.01); H02P 27/08 (2006.01); H02P 6/14 (2016.01); H02M 7/5387 (2007.01); H02J 7/14 (2006.01); B60L 15/02 (2006.01); B60K 6/48 (2007.10);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 27/08 (2013.01); B60L 15/02 (2013.01); H02J 7/14 (2013.01); H02M 7/53871 (2013.01); H02P 6/14 (2013.01); B60K 6/48 (2013.01); B60L 2210/10 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/92 (2013.01); B60Y 2400/604 (2013.01); Y10S 903/906 (2013.01);
Abstract
A powertrain for a vehicle includes and electric machine and a plurality of inverters. The electric machine may include a stator defining a plurality of stator teeth separated by slots that are configured to accept windings. The plurality of inverters may each be configured to exclusively drive a current in some but not all of the windings within slots such that some of the plurality of stator teeth within a sector of the stator are configured to be energized by only one of the inverters.