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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2023
Filed:
May. 27, 2021
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Kevin Mackenzie, Canton, MI (US);
Theodore Joseph Filippi, Brownstown, MI (US);
Jonathan Barker, Detroit, MI (US);
William Arthur Paxton, Redwood City, CA (US);
Christopher W. Bell, Livonia, MI (US);
John Marshall Penney, Livonia, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An automotive controller drives a plurality of relays to a first position or a second position depending on which of a first port and second port, that are both arranged to provide electrical power, has greater electrical power such that a traction battery receives current from the one of the first port and second port delivering the greater electrical power but not the other of the first port and second port.