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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Mohamed Elshaer, Dearborn, MI (US);
Allan Roy Gale, Livonia, MI (US);
Chingchi Chen, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 3/00 (2019.01); H02J 7/02 (2016.01); H02J 7/04 (2006.01); H02J 7/06 (2006.01); B60L 53/20 (2019.01); B60L 53/22 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 3/0069 (2013.01); B60L 53/20 (2019.02); B60L 53/22 (2019.02); H02J 7/022 (2013.01); H02J 7/045 (2013.01); H02J 7/06 (2013.01); B60L 2210/10 (2013.01); B60L 2210/30 (2013.01); B60L 2240/80 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/91 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/92 (2013.01); B60Y 2300/91 (2013.01); H02J 7/0072 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electrified vehicle charger includes a diode bridge, contactors, and a controller. The diode bridge may be configured to rectify an alternating current (AC) source. The contactors may couple the AC source with a traction battery. The controller may be configured to, responsive to a magnitude of a potential across a diode of the bridge, corresponding to a neutral crossing of a potential of the AC source, exceeding a threshold, open the contactors.