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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Fazal Urrahman Syed, Canton, MI (US);
Shailesh Shrikant Kozarekar, Novi, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 1/00 (2006.01); B60L 11/00 (2006.01); H02P 27/06 (2006.01); H02M 3/04 (2006.01); H02M 7/44 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 27/06 (2013.01); B60L 11/1811 (2013.01); H02M 3/04 (2013.01); H02M 7/44 (2013.01); B60L 2210/10 (2013.01); Y10S 903/904 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle may include an inverter, a motor coupled to the inverter, and a traction battery coupled to the inverter and having a terminal voltage equal to a rail voltage between rails of the inverter such that the rail voltage is unregulated. The vehicle may also include a voltage converter configured to reduce the terminal voltage below an intermediate bus voltage threshold on an intermediate bus, and an auxiliary converter configured to draw power from the intermediate bus to supply auxiliary loads.