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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2021
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Yang Xu, Canton, MI (US);
Jiyao Wang, Canton, MI (US);
Silong Li, Canton, MI (US);
Joseph Sherman Kimmel, Carleton, MI (US);
Michael W. Degner, Novi, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/637 (2014.01); H02P 27/12 (2006.01); H02P 21/22 (2016.01); H01M 10/615 (2014.01); H01M 10/625 (2014.01); H01M 8/04007 (2016.01); H01M 8/04858 (2016.01); B60L 58/27 (2019.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); B60L 50/70 (2019.01); B60L 58/34 (2019.01); H01M 8/04701 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/637 (2015.04); B60L 50/60 (2019.02); B60L 50/70 (2019.02); B60L 58/27 (2019.02); B60L 58/34 (2019.02); H01M 8/04037 (2013.01); H01M 8/04701 (2013.01); H01M 8/04902 (2013.01); H01M 10/615 (2015.04); H01M 10/625 (2015.04); H02P 21/22 (2016.02); H02P 27/12 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01); H01M 2250/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes an electric machine, a battery, an inverter, and a controller. The controller switches the inverter at a switching frequency selected to generate an AC current to heat the battery, adjusts a d-axis current of the electric machine to increase a battery heating power, and adjusts a q-axis current of the electric machine according to the adjusted d-axis current.