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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Michael Edward Loftus, Northville, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 9/00 (2006.01); B60L 11/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 11/1875 (2013.01); B60L 11/1866 (2013.01); H02J 7/0014 (2013.01); H02J 7/0016 (2013.01); H02J 7/0091 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7005 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7061 (2013.01); Y10S 903/907 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle traction battery includes a plurality of battery cells and a battery energy control module (BECM) for charge-balancing the plurality of battery cells. The BECM is disposed within the vehicle traction battery and includes circuitry having at least one positive temperature coefficient component, such as a thermistor or silistor, connected to at least one of the plurality of battery cells for thermal conditioning of the plurality of battery cells.