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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.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017

Filed:

Feb. 28, 2014
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Myung Ki Sung, Ypsilanti, MI (US);

Edward Chan-Jiun Jih, Troy, MI (US);

Michael W. Degner, Novi, MI (US);

Shailesh Shrikant Kozarekar, Novi, MI (US);

Behzad Vafakhah, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Shahram Zarei, Farmington Hills, MI (US);

Brandon Dobbins, Grosse Pointe Shores, MI (US);

Vincent Skalski, Plymouth, MI (US);

Brian Richard Light, Flat Rock, MI (US);

Sudhir Kumar, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Assignee:

FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 57/04 (2010.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); H01F 27/02 (2006.01); H01F 27/10 (2006.01); H01F 27/12 (2006.01); H01F 3/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 57/0412 (2013.01); B60L 11/1803 (2013.01); H01F 27/025 (2013.01); H01F 27/10 (2013.01); H01F 3/14 (2013.01); Y10S 903/902 (2013.01); Y10T 74/2189 (2015.01);
Abstract

A vehicle electrical power system includes a variable voltage converter. The variable voltage converter includes an inductor assembly having a housing that defines a chamber containing dielectric fluid. An inductor is disposed within the chamber and is in contact with the fluid. The power system also includes a pump configured to circulate the dielectric fluid to cool the inductor.


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