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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2022
Lear Corporation, Southfield, MI (US);
Marc Ferrer Duran, Valls, ES;
Cesar Ruano Alvarez, Valls, ES;
Julia Gine Elies, Valls, ES;
Youssef Ghabbour, Valls, ES;
Ivan Casado Garcia, Valls, ES;
Roser Rue Olive, Valls, ES;
Luis Roda Cornejo, Valls, ES;
LEAR CORPORATION, Southfield, MI (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a converter including a primary stage having a plurality of primary stage switches, a secondary stage having a plurality of secondary stage switches and a capacitor, and a controller that isolates the secondary stage from a second battery, and that controls switching of the plurality of primary stage switches and the plurality of secondary stage switches to provide a plurality of bursts of energy from a first battery to the capacitor to pre-charge the capacitor to a threshold voltage, wherein after an initial burst of the plurality of bursts having an initial duration, a subsequent burst of the plurality of bursts provided has a duration equal to a duration of a preceding burst plus a time period based on a voltage of the first battery.