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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
May. 31, 2011
Ray M. Ransom, Big Bear City, CA (US);
Milun Perisic, Torrance, CA (US);
Lateef A. Kajouke, San Pedro, CA (US);
Ray M. Ransom, Big Bear City, CA (US);
Milun Perisic, Torrance, CA (US);
Lateef A. Kajouke, San Pedro, CA (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for initiating a charging system. The method, for example, may include, but is not limited to, providing, by the charging system, an incrementally increasing voltage to a battery up to a first predetermined threshold while the energy conversion module has a zero-percent duty cycle, providing, by the charging system, an incrementally increasing voltage to the battery from an initial voltage level of the battery up to a peak voltage of a voltage source while the energy conversion module has a zero-percent duty cycle, and providing, by the charging system, an incrementally increasing voltage to the battery by incrementally increasing the duty cycle of the energy conversion module.