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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Philip Michael Gonzales, Dearborn, MI (US);
Debbi Callicoat, Livonia, MI (US);
Masahiro Kimoto, Plymouth, MI (US);
Benjamin A. Tabatowski-Bush, South Lyon, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 3/12 (2006.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01); G01R 31/327 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 3/12 (2013.01); G01R 31/3278 (2013.01); G07C 5/0808 (2013.01); Y10S 903/907 (2013.01);
Abstract
An example contactor weld detection method for an electric vehicle includes detecting that a contactor is welded closed when the contactor is commanded closed.