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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:
Mar. 08, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2019
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Matthew Joseph, St. Clair Shores, MI (US);
Shehan Haputhanthri, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 50/16 (2019.01); B62D 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 50/16 (2019.02); B62D 5/0463 (2013.01); B60L 2240/421 (2013.01); B60L 2240/423 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes first and second electric machines driven by inverters and coupled to first and second sets of wheels. The vehicle includes switches configured to selectively connect each of the electric machines in one of a wye and a delta connection. The vehicle further includes a controller programmed to operate the switches to select a connection for the electric machines and operate the inverters to proportion a torque demand between the electric machines based on speed of the vehicle.