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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2018
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ke Zou, Canton, MI (US);
Theodore Joseph Filippi, Brownstown, MI (US);
Jacek Brauner, Plymouth, MI (US);
Allan Roy Gale, Livonia, MI (US);
Michael W. Degner, Novi, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A power converter cartridge for a vehicle includes a housing slidably insertable into a body cavity of the vehicle and including electrical outlets and coolant, data, and power interface ports configured to connect to corresponding ports of the cavity, a converter, and a controller configured to, responsive to a signal from the vehicle via the data port, cause the converter to convert power received from a traction battery of the vehicle via the power interface port to supply corresponding external loads connected to the outlets.