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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Baoming Ge, Okemos, MI (US);
Lihua Chen, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Yan Zhou, Canton, MI (US);
Shuitao Yang, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Fan Xu, Novi, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 50/15 (2019.01); B60L 50/16 (2019.01); B60L 15/00 (2006.01); B60L 50/61 (2019.01); H02P 27/06 (2006.01); H02P 27/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 50/15 (2019.02); B60L 15/007 (2013.01); B60L 50/16 (2019.02); B60L 50/61 (2019.02); H02P 27/06 (2013.01); B60L 2210/30 (2013.01); B60L 2210/40 (2013.01); B60L 2220/50 (2013.01); H02P 27/08 (2013.01); Y02T 10/64 (2013.01); Y02T 10/70 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7072 (2013.01); Y02T 10/72 (2013.01);
Abstract
A powertrain for a vehicle includes an electric machine coupled with a first inverter, a traction battery and a second inverter. The traction battery is coupled between a neutral terminal of the electric machine and a negative terminal of the first inverter. The second inverter is coupled in parallel with the first inverter with respect to a direct current (DC) bus, and configured to drive a second electric machine.