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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2021
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Joseph Wand, Redmond, WA (US);
Baojin Wang, Saline, MI (US);
Benjamin A. Tabatowski-Bush, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 58/20 (2019.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 3/00 (2019.01); B60L 53/18 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 58/20 (2019.02); B60L 3/0046 (2013.01); B60L 53/18 (2019.02); H02J 7/0063 (2013.01); B60L 2210/10 (2013.01); B60L 2270/20 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7072 (2013.01); Y02T 10/72 (2013.01);
Abstract
A power control arrangement for a vehicle includes a bi-directional DC/DC converter and one or more controllers. The one or more controllers, after a request to activate the vehicle, command the bi-directional DC/DC converter to charge a DC link capacitor electrically between main contactors and the bi-directional DC/DC converter to target value without connecting a resistor in parallel with one of the main contactors and before closing all of the main contactors.