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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2023
Filed:
May. 05, 2022
Applicant:
Eaton Intelligent Power Limited, Dublin, IE;
Inventors:
Jacob William Green, Clackamas, OR (US);
Brandon William Fisher, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED, Dublin, IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60R 16/033 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/0031 (2013.01); B60R 16/033 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method includes interpreting a contactor open event and a contactor load value for a contactor positioned on a motive power circuit for a mobile application, determining that a contactor opening event under load has occurred in response to the contactor open event and the contactor load value, and updating a contactor wear condition in response to the contactor opening event under load, wherein updating the contactor wear condition comprises accumulating a number of the contactor opening events under load.