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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
George Albert Garfinkel, Westland, MI (US);
Neil Robert Burrows, White Lake Township, MI (US);
Chung-hsing Kuo, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Steve F. Chorian, Canton, MI (US);
Dhanunjay Vejalla, Novi, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 11/00 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); B60K 11/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 11/1874 (2013.01); B60K 11/06 (2013.01); B60L 11/1875 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7005 (2013.01);
Abstract
An assembly includes a traction battery of an electrified vehicle, and a blend door moveable between a first position that permits a first flow of air to move toward the traction battery and a second position that permits a second flow of air to move toward the traction battery. The first flow includes more air that has moved through an engine compartment than the second flow.