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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. 12, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2014
Applicant:
Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Inventors:
Thomas G Dunn, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Mikhail Zarkhin, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Peter A Hatch, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Assignee:
Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 16/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 16/03 (2013.01); Y02T 10/92 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for controlling a micro power supply in a vehicle includes a processor on the micro power supply communicating with a processor on a microcontroller via a communication link. The communication includes a desired output voltage of the programmable micro power supply. In response to the communicated desired output voltage, the programmable micro power supply adjusts an output voltage of a power converter to be the desired output voltage.