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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2021
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Krishna Prasad Bhat, Canton, MI (US);
Chingchi Chen, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Michael W. Degner, Novi, MI (US);
Man Prakash Gupta, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 53/20 (2019.01); H02M 7/5387 (2007.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 7/003 (2013.01); B60L 53/20 (2019.02); H02M 7/5387 (2013.01); B60L 2210/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a traction battery and a converter. The converter includes a switch and first and second busbars electrically connected in parallel between the traction battery and the switch. The second busbar has an inductance less than the first busbar and includes a resistor having a resistance at least an order of magnitude greater than a resistance of the first busbar.