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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Fazal Urrahman Syed, Canton, MI (US);
Daniel Richard Luedtke, Beverly Hills, MI (US);
Bader M. Badreddine, Dearborn, MI (US);
Susan Rebecca Cikanek, Northville, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 15/04 (2006.01); G01L 3/10 (2006.01); G01L 3/24 (2006.01); H02P 21/14 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 15/044 (2013.01); G01L 3/109 (2013.01); G01L 3/24 (2013.01); G01M 15/042 (2013.01); H02P 21/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle may include a powertrain having an engine and a generator coupled to a driveshaft, an inverter configured to provide phase currents to the generator, and a controller programmed to output a fault condition based on first and second generator torques, the first generator torque being based on an engine torque and the second generator torque being based on no more than two phase currents of the generator.