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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2024
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Dave Gerard Rich, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
James Morrison, Sebringville, CA;
Mohamed Kamel, Birmingham, MI (US);
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
An energy storage system for an electric vehicle includes multiple battery modules, multiple DC-DC power converters, a DC bus configured to supply power to one or more loads, and a vehicle control module configured to obtain a temperature of each of the plurality of DC-DC power converters, assign a first output voltage setpoint to a first one of the plurality of DC-DC power converters having a lowest temperature, and in response to the temperature of the first one of the plurality of DC-DC power converters being greater than or equal to the temperature of another one of the plurality of DC-DC power converters, assign a second output voltage setpoint to a second one of the plurality of DC-DC power converters, and reduce the output voltage setpoint of the first one of the plurality of DC-DC power converters to a value less than the second output voltage setpoint.