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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Lan Yu, Canton, MI (US);
Michael W. Degner, Novi, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 1/00 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); B60L 11/08 (2006.01); H02M 3/155 (2006.01); B60L 11/12 (2006.01); B60L 11/14 (2006.01); B60L 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 11/1803 (2013.01); B60L 11/08 (2013.01); B60L 11/12 (2013.01); B60L 11/14 (2013.01); B60L 11/1816 (2013.01); B60L 15/007 (2013.01); H02M 3/155 (2013.01); B60L 2210/10 (2013.01); B60L 2240/527 (2013.01); B60L 2240/529 (2013.01); B60L 2240/547 (2013.01); B60L 2240/549 (2013.01); B60L 2270/142 (2013.01);
Abstract
A controller is configured to select a rate of change direction of an output voltage of a variable voltage converter (VVC) based on a direction of current flow associated with a capacitor of the VVC, and to adjust a magnitude of the rate of change direction based on directions of current flow associated with the capacitor and an electric machine coupled to the VVC.