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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Thomas Joseph Wand, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 3/00 (2019.01); B60L 50/51 (2019.01); H01H 9/56 (2006.01); H01H 47/00 (2006.01); H01H 47/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 3/0038 (2013.01); B60L 50/51 (2019.02); H01H 9/56 (2013.01); B60L 2210/40 (2013.01); H01H 47/002 (2013.01); H01H 47/325 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes an inverter. The vehicle includes a contactor power bus configured to supply power to latching mechanisms of main and precharge contactors that are associated with the inverter. The vehicle includes a controller configured to maintain operation of the inverter and generate a sensor fault. The operation of the inverter may be maintained responsive to sensor output indicating that different portions of the contactor power bus are energized and deenergized.