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Patent No.:

US 10374266 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019

Filed:

May. 11, 2016

Wireless traction battery force sensor

Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Arnold Kweku Mensah-Brown, Canton, MI (US);

Richard Dyche Anderson, Plymouth, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:

David B. Kelley

Brooks Kushman P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Edward Tso

Assistant Examiner:

Aaron Piggush

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/44 (2006.01); G01R 31/382 (2019.01); G01L 11/04 (2006.01); H01M 10/04 (2006.01); H01M 10/42 (2006.01); H01M 10/46 (2006.01); H01M 10/48 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H01M 2/10 (2006.01); B60L 53/14 (2019.01); B60L 53/00 (2019.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.01); B60L 58/20 (2019.01); B60L 50/15 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/445 (2013.01); B60L 53/00 (2019.02); B60L 53/14 (2019.02); B60L 58/12 (2019.02); B60L 58/20 (2019.02); G01L 11/04 (2013.01); G01R 31/382 (2019.01); H01M 2/1077 (2013.01); H01M 10/04 (2013.01); H01M 10/4257 (2013.01); H01M 10/46 (2013.01); H01M 10/482 (2013.01); H02J 7/0029 (2013.01); H02J 7/0052 (2013.01); B60L 50/15 (2019.02); B60L 2240/54 (2013.01); B60L 2240/545 (2013.01); H01M 2010/4271 (2013.01); H01M 2010/4278 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01); H02J 2007/0037 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7005 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7044 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7066 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7072 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7077 (2013.01); Y02T 90/14 (2013.01); Y10S 903/907 (2013.01);
Abstract

A traction battery of a vehicle includes a temperature compensated passive wireless surface acoustic wave sensor within the traction battery and a controller. The temperature compensated passive wireless surface acoustic wave sensor is configured to receive a broadcast signal and transmit a reflected signal. The controller is programmed to transmit the broadcast signal and receive the reflected signal, and based on a difference in phase and amplitude between the broadcast and reflected signals indicative of an increase in pressure within the traction battery, stop charging the traction battery.

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