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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
May. 02, 2023
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Petros G. Taskas, Novi, MI (US);
Baoming Ge, Okemos, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/10 (2019.01); B60L 53/22 (2019.01); B60L 53/24 (2019.01); H02M 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/11 (2019.02); B60L 53/22 (2019.02); B60L 53/24 (2019.02); B60L 2210/14 (2013.01); H02M 1/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
Responsive to a voltage across a capacitor being greater than a voltage across a traction battery, a controller may open switches such that charge current from a DC charger flows through a diode to the traction battery without following through coils of an electric machine and without flowing through an inverter.