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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2013
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Joel Ray Stanley, Dryden, MI (US);
Philip Michael Gonzales, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 1/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02P 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/0029 (2013.01); H02P 31/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A battery discharge device according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a sensor configured to sense a parameter of a high voltage source, a controller in communication with the sensor and a discharge circuit that discharges energy stored on the high voltage source in response to a command signal from the controller. The discharge circuit includes a plurality of resistors connected in parallel to one another.