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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:
Jun. 07, 2022

Filed:

Nov. 09, 2020
Applicant:

GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);

Inventors:

Lyall K. Winger, Waterloo, CA;

Brandon E. Pieniozek, Royal Oak, MI (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/58 (2020.01); G01R 31/00 (2006.01); B60R 16/033 (2006.01); H02J 9/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 9/06 (2013.01); B60R 16/033 (2013.01); G01R 31/005 (2013.01); G01R 31/58 (2020.01);
Abstract

A system for a vehicle includes a battery of the vehicle, a plurality of switches connected to the battery, and a plurality of subsystems of the vehicle connected to the battery via the switches and wires. The system includes a controller configured to control the switches and the subsystems, and to identify a variation in a rate of change of current characteristic in frequency domain for a current loop including one of the switches, one of the subsystems, and a plurality of the wires. The controller is configured to determine integrity of the plurality of the wires and connections of the wires in the current loop based on the variation in the rate of change of current characteristic for the current loop.


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