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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2014
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Jeffery R. Grimes, Canton, MI (US);
Benjamin A. Tabatowski-Bush, South Lyon, MI (US);
William David Treharne, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Jonathan Andrew Butcher, Farmington, MI (US);
Robert John Link, Northville, MI (US);
Xuemei Sun, Canton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle charging system includes a charger configured to receive power form an external power source and a connector. The connector is configured to receive power from the charger and transmit the received power to a vehicle via a high-voltage cable. The cable is configured to connect the connector to a vehicle battery. Each of the charger and the connector includes a high voltage interlock loop (HVIL) configured to cause the charger to cease power transfer upon recognizing a predetermined voltage difference at a pair of ports of the HVIL.