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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2021
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Wesley Edward Burkman, Dearborn, MI (US);
Thomas Joseph Wand, Redmond, WA (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
This disclosure relates to an electrified vehicle configured to disconnect a battery from a load, and a corresponding method. An example electrified vehicle includes an array of battery cells and an electrical conductor connecting the array to a load. A disconnect is arranged along the electrical conductor. Further, the electrified vehicle includes an electronic circuit with a switch and an igniter. When a voltage drop across the electrical conductor exceeds a threshold, the switch is configured to permit current to flow from at least one of the battery cells through the igniter to trigger the disconnect thereby disconnecting the array of battery cells from the load.