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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2015
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Todd Ansbacher, Westland, MI (US);
Alan Francis Judge, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Jeffrey Raymond Mohr, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Frederick Shell, Detroit, MI (US);
Michael J. Irby, Monroe, MI (US);
Karen Price, Pinckney, MI (US);
Gabriel Jim, Canton, MI (US);
Christopher Semanson, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle power system includes a controller that reduces a voltage setpoint of an alternator by a predetermined amount in response to a magnitude of electric charge provided by the alternator during a predetermined time period exceeding a first threshold and a rate of change of power output by the alternator exceeding a second threshold during the time period. The controller also regulates an output voltage of the alternator based on the setpoint.