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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Xi Lu, Northville, MI (US);
Ke Zou, Canton, MI (US);
Krishna Prasad Bhat, Canton, MI (US);
Michael W. Degner, Novi, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 58/10 (2019.01); G05B 19/042 (2006.01); B60L 50/51 (2019.01); H02M 3/00 (2006.01); H02M 7/42 (2006.01); B60L 55/00 (2019.01); B60L 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 58/10 (2019.02); B60L 1/006 (2013.01); B60L 50/51 (2019.02); B60L 55/00 (2019.02); G05B 19/042 (2013.01); H02M 3/00 (2013.01); H02M 7/42 (2013.01); B60L 2210/10 (2013.01); B60L 2210/40 (2013.01); B60L 2210/42 (2013.01); G05B 2219/2639 (2013.01); H02J 2207/20 (2020.01); Y04S 10/126 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle power system includes a power converter including one or more phase leg lines and a negative rail line. The system also includes a controller that operates the power converter to flow current through some of the phase leg lines and the negative rail line to output DC power, and operates the power converter to flow current through the some of the phase leg lines and not the negative rail line to output AC power.