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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2022
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Hesam Zomorodi Moghadam, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Xu Wang, Northville, MI (US);
Rui Wang, Irvine, CA (US);
Andrea Cordoba Arenas, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 58/22 (2019.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); B60L 58/13 (2019.01); H02J 7/34 (2006.01); H02J 7/54 (2026.01); H02J 7/82 (2026.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 58/22 (2019.02); B60L 50/60 (2019.02); B60L 58/13 (2019.02); H02J 7/342 (2020.01); H02J 7/54 (2026.01); H02J 7/82 (2026.01);
Abstract
A controller initiates discharging of at least some cells of a traction battery based on data indicative of cell state of charge and cell capacity such that, upon completion of the discharging, states of charge of at least some of the cells are different, and after charging the cells with a same current for a same period of time, the states of charge fall with a predefined range of values.