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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2012
Applicant:
Jay E. Bissontz, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Inventor:
Jay E. Bissontz, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Assignee:
International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC, Lisle, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 1/00 (2006.01); B60L 1/00 (2006.01); B60L 3/00 (2006.01); B60L 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 3/0069 (2013.01); B60L 3/0084 (2013.01); B60L 3/0092 (2013.01); B60L 3/04 (2013.01); Y10T 307/675 (2015.04);
Abstract
A controller area network (CAN) installed on a hybrid electric vehicle provides one node with control of high voltage power distribution system isolation contactors and the capacity to energize a secondary electro-mechanical relay device. The output of the secondary relay provides a redundant and persistent backup signal to the output of the node. The secondary relay is relatively immune to CAN message traffic interruptions and, as a result, the high voltage isolation contactor(s) are less likely to transition open in the event that the intelligent output driver should fail.