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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2013
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Richard Kai Wong, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Thanh D. Pham, Canton, MI (US);
Greg Edward Gauthier, Dearborn, MI (US);
Gene Willi, Temperance, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/14 (2006.01); H02J 7/04 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/0047 (2013.01); B60L 11/1868 (2013.01); H02J 2007/0049 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system for charging high voltage battery packs includes connecting a charger to a power source, connecting the charger to a battery pack, connecting a computer to a battery energy control module of the battery pack and charging the battery pack from the power source through the charger by running a software program on the computer and a system for conducting the method.