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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2019
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Xiaohong Nina Duan, Canton, MI (US);
Richard Dyche Anderson, Plymouth, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 50/50 (2019.01); B60L 50/00 (2019.01); B60L 15/20 (2006.01); B60L 58/15 (2019.01); B60L 53/20 (2019.01); B60L 53/64 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 15/2045 (2013.01); B60L 50/00 (2019.02); B60L 50/50 (2019.02); B60L 53/20 (2019.02); B60L 53/64 (2019.02); B60L 58/15 (2019.02); B60L 2210/14 (2013.01); B60L 2210/44 (2013.01); B60L 2240/529 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a traction battery comprising a plurality of cells. The vehicle also includes a plurality of power converters each electrically coupled between a corresponding group of cells and an electrical bus. A controller is programmed to allocate current demand to the power converters and operate the power converters to minimize energy consumption and losses.