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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Lihua Chen, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Boris Curuvija, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Baoming Ge, Okemos, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 19/165 (2006.01); H02M 3/335 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 19/16528 (2013.01); H02M 3/33515 (2013.01); B60L 2210/14 (2013.01); B60L 2210/42 (2013.01); B60L 2240/525 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle electric drive includes a controller programmed to operate a power converter to boost voltage from a battery for a DC bus and to limit voltage output from the power converter to a predefined maximum voltage value that varies with temperature of coolant used to cool the power converter.