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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2022
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Chandra S. Namuduri, Troy, MI (US);
Rashmi Prasad, Troy, MI (US);
Goro Tamai, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Minh-Khai Nguyen, Troy, MI (US);
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A charging system of a vehicle includes an inverter of a propulsion system, the inverter connected to an electric motor and a battery system of the vehicle, and a switching assembly including a plurality of switches. The charging system also includes a controller configured to control the switching assembly to connect the inverter and the electric motor to a charge port of the vehicle and define a conversion circuit including one or more inverter switches and the electric motor by selectively connecting the charge port to the inverter or the electric motor and selectively connecting the battery system to the electric motor by the switching assembly. The controller is configured to operate the conversion circuit to adjust at least one of an input voltage for charging the battery system from a power source, and an output voltage for discharging the battery system to charge an external energy storage system.