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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2021

Filed:

Dec. 12, 2019
Applicant:

Eaton Intelligent Power Limited, Dublin, IE;

Inventor:

Brandon William Fisher, Portland, OR (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 7/085 (2006.01); H01H 71/32 (2006.01); H02H 1/00 (2006.01); H01H 89/00 (2006.01); H02P 29/68 (2016.01); H02M 7/00 (2006.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01); B60K 6/22 (2007.10);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 7/085 (2013.01); H01H 71/32 (2013.01); H01H 89/00 (2013.01); H02H 1/0007 (2013.01); H02M 7/003 (2013.01); H02P 29/68 (2016.02); H05K 7/2089 (2013.01); B60K 6/22 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/91 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/92 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system including a vehicle having a motive electrical power path; a power distribution unit including a current protection circuit disposed in the motive electrical power path, the current protection circuit including a breaker/relay, the breaker/relay including: a fixed contact, a moveable contact, and a physical opening response portion responsive to a current value; a current source circuit electrically coupled to the breaker/relay and structured to inject a current across the fixed contact; and a voltage determination circuit electrically coupled to the breaker/relay and structured to determine at least one of an injected voltage amount and a contactor impedance value, wherein the voltage determination circuit comprises an analog hardware filter having a cutoff frequency selected in response to a frequency of the injected current.


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