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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2018
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Lihua Chen, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Baoming Ge, Okemos, MI (US);
Fan Wang, Novi, MI (US);
Shahram Zarei, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Fan Xu, Novi, MI (US);
Mohammed Khorshed Alam, Canton, MI (US);
Yan Zhou, Canton, MI (US);
Shuitao Yang, Beaumont, TX (US);
Petros G. Taskas, Novi, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicular system includes a pump, configured to circulate coolant for a traction inverter, and a controller. The controller may be configured to, responsive to each of a temperature of the traction inverter falling outside a first range or a requested flow rate of the pump falling outside a second range, operate the pump at a predefined speed, otherwise, operate the pump at a speed based on a difference between the temperature and a temperature associated with the coolant.