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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2020
Filed:
May. 30, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Angel Fernando Porras, Dearborn, MI (US);
Timothy Noah Blatchley, Dearborn, MI (US);
Kenneth J. Jackson, Dearborn, MI (US);
Randy Lee Mallari, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 11/18 (2006.01); B60L 58/27 (2019.01); H01M 10/625 (2014.01); H01M 10/663 (2014.01); H01M 10/613 (2014.01); H01M 10/667 (2014.01); H01M 10/6567 (2014.01); H01M 10/658 (2014.01); H01M 10/48 (2006.01); H01M 10/6595 (2014.01); H01M 10/6568 (2014.01); H01M 10/615 (2014.01); H01M 10/63 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 58/27 (2019.02); B60L 2240/545 (2013.01); H01M 10/486 (2013.01); H01M 10/613 (2015.04); H01M 10/615 (2015.04); H01M 10/625 (2015.04); H01M 10/63 (2015.04); H01M 10/658 (2015.04); H01M 10/6567 (2015.04); H01M 10/6568 (2015.04); H01M 10/6595 (2015.04); H01M 10/663 (2015.04); H01M 10/667 (2015.04);
Abstract
A thermal management system for a vehicle includes a controller. The controller pre-heats a coolant in a power electronics loop via heat transfer between the coolant and an electronic component in response to an ambient temperature being less than a threshold and a coolant temperature being less than a battery temperature. The controller also pumps the coolant through a battery loop in response to the coolant temperature exceeding the battery temperature.