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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2022
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Jonathan Hair, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Jukkrit Noppakunkajorn, Novi, MI (US);
Amir Shahidi, Seattle, WA (US);
Brendan F. Diamond, Grosse Pointe, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/20 (2019.01); B60L 15/00 (2006.01); H03K 17/567 (2006.01); H04L 43/0829 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 15/00 (2013.01); B60L 53/20 (2019.02); H03K 17/567 (2013.01); H04L 43/0829 (2013.01);
Abstract
An automotive vehicle includes an electric machine, a power converter that powers the electric machine and includes a switch having an adjustable gate drive resistance, a source of audio, and a controller that varies the gate drive resistance according to a received signal strength associated with the source of audio.