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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2014
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Michael Edward Loftus, Northville, MI (US);
Fazal Urrahman Syed, Canton, MI (US);
Michael Schamber, Milford, MI (US);
Venkatapathi Raju Nallapa, Dearborn, MI (US);
Shailesh Shrikant Kozarekar, Novi, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A power system may perform charge balancing for a vehicle. The power system may include a battery including a plurality of modules, each module including a cell and associated resistive circuitry. The system may also include at least one controller configured to, in response to a cell achieving a threshold voltage and/or SOC, activate the associated resistive circuitry for the cell and reduce a charge current applied to the battery to prevent the cell from acquiring additional charge.