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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward Dean Tate, Jr., Grand Blanc, MI (US);
Mark William Verbrugge, Troy, MI (US);
Shawn D. Sarbacker, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02V 7/00 ; G01N 2/7416 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02V 7/00 ; G01N 2/7416 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for improving estimation of battery impedance when determining the state of charge of a battery including injecting a wide spectrum signal continuously across a battery when the battery is in generator mode. Additionally, the wide spectrum signal may be injected across an alternator of a conventional internal combustion engine to improve estimation of battery impedance and subsequent state of charge the battery.