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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2022
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Di Zhu, Novi, MI (US);
Benjamin A. Tabatowski-Bush, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Patterson Kaduvinal Abraham, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 50/64 (2019.01); B60L 58/18 (2019.01); B60L 58/24 (2019.01); H01M 10/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 58/24 (2019.02); B60L 50/64 (2019.02); B60L 58/18 (2019.02); H01M 10/482 (2013.01); H01M 10/486 (2013.01); B60L 2240/545 (2013.01); B60L 2240/547 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for detecting a thermal event of a battery, such as a traction battery of an electrified vehicle, includes monitoring a voltage of a group of parallel-connected cells of the battery. In response to confirming that the voltage of the group has a voltage rebound, a thermal event of the battery is detected. The detection of the thermal event may further depend on detection of a deviation of another operating parameter, such as temperature or pressure, of the battery.