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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2019

Filed:

Oct. 25, 2016
Applicant:

GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);

Inventors:

Wen-Chiao Lin, Rochester Hills, MI (US);

Xinyu Du, Oakland Township, MI (US);

Youssef A. Ghoneim, Rochester, MI (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 1/00 (2006.01); H02P 29/024 (2016.01); G01R 31/00 (2006.01); G01R 31/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 29/024 (2013.01); G01R 31/007 (2013.01); G01R 31/343 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle includes an electrically-driven motor configured to actuate a vehicle component and a power source configured to provide power to the motor over an electrical circuit. The vehicle also includes a controller programmed to monitor at least one signal indicative of motor output and store data indicative of a resistance in the circuit. The controller is also programmed to issue a resistance state of health signal in response to the resistance in the circuit exceeding a predetermined resistance threshold.


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