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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2019
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Rui Wang, Canton, MI (US);
Xu Wang, Northville, MI (US);
Xiao Guang Yang, Northville, MI (US);
Yuan Zhang, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 58/22 (2019.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.01); H01M 10/42 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 58/22 (2019.02); B60L 58/12 (2019.02); H01M 10/425 (2013.01); H01M 10/4207 (2013.01); H02J 7/0014 (2013.01); H02J 7/0021 (2013.01); H02J 7/0026 (2013.01); B60L 2240/545 (2013.01); H01M 2010/4271 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes an electric machine, a battery, and a controller. The electric machine is configured to deliver power to wheels to drive the vehicle. The battery has an array of cells that are configured to deliver electrical power to the electric machine. The controller is programmed to, in response to a charge imbalance within the array of cells, simultaneously discharge a number of cells within the array based on a temperature of the controller.