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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2019
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07C 5/08 (2006.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); B60L 58/10 (2019.01); G01R 31/364 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07C 5/0808 (2013.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.02); B60L 58/10 (2019.02); G01R 31/364 (2019.01);
Abstract
A power distribution system includes a contactor between a traction battery and a high-voltage bus. The system includes a controller configured to generate a contactor status to determine if the contactor is operating as commanded. The controller identifies a contactor as closed responsive to a rate of change of a voltage difference between a traction battery voltage and a high-voltage bus voltage over each of a predetermined number of time intervals being within a predetermined range.