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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2007
Applicants:
Raj Prakash, Canton, MI (US);
Venkateswa A. Sankaran, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Michael W. Degner, Novi, MI (US);
David C. Gabriel, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Inventors:
Raj Prakash, Canton, MI (US);
Venkateswa A. Sankaran, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Michael W. Degner, Novi, MI (US);
David C. Gabriel, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An electric drive system having a power source which provides power to an electric motor through an electric motor control. Discharging of stored capacitor energy of a capacitor coupled between the power source and the electric motor controller is provided by controlling energy transfer from the capacitor to the electric motor.