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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Mohamed Elshaer, Dearborn, MI (US);
Christopher W. Bell, Livonia, MI (US);
James A. Lathrop, Saline, MI (US);
John Paul Gibeau, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H01F 27/42 (2006.01); H01F 37/00 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 11/1829 (2013.01); B60L 11/182 (2013.01); B60L 11/1811 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle system includes a controller configured to, responsive to an alignment mode, disable a power rectifier configured to transfer charge between a secondary coil and battery, and enable a precision rectifier to output a voltage responsive to current induced in the secondary coil resulting from current through a corresponding primary coil, and responsive to the voltage exceeding a threshold, enable the power rectifier and disable the precision rectifier.