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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2003
Applicants:
Greg E. Gauthier, Dearborn, MI (US);
Joseph W. Anthony, Lytle, TX (US);
Renuka V. Gokhale, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Christopher A. Ochocinski, Canton, MI (US);
David J. Mack, Livonia, MI (US);
Inventors:
Greg E. Gauthier, Dearborn, MI (US);
Joseph W. Anthony, Lytle, TX (US);
Renuka V. Gokhale, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Christopher A. Ochocinski, Canton, MI (US);
David J. Mack, Livonia, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/44 (2006.01); H01M 10/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and system for controllably transferring energy from a high voltage bus to a low voltage bus in a hybrid electric vehicle. A vehicle system controller controls a DC/DC converter coupled between the high voltage bus and the low voltage bus to control the transfer of energy therebetween.