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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2019
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
David Brian Glickman, Southfield, MI (US);
Zeljko Deljevic, Plymouth, MI (US);
Phillip Marine, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Paul Kenneth Dellock, Northville, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 1/04 (2006.01); H02M 3/156 (2006.01); B60L 53/16 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 1/04 (2013.01); B60L 53/16 (2019.02); H02M 3/156 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle assembly includes, among other things, a power converter, a charge port assembly, and a thermal conduit that conveys thermal energy from the power converter to the charge port assembly. A charge port heating method includes, among other things, generating thermal energy with a power converter of a vehicle, and directing the thermal energy from the power converter to a charge port assembly using a thermal conduit.