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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2013
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Blackburn, Canton, MI (US);
Monica DuBois, Commerce Township, MI (US);
James George Gebbie, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Kenneth J. Jackson, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/00 (2006.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01); B60H 1/24 (2006.01); B60L 1/00 (2006.01); B60L 1/02 (2006.01); B60L 3/00 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/20845 (2013.01); B60H 1/00278 (2013.01); B60H 1/24 (2013.01); B60L 1/003 (2013.01); B60L 1/02 (2013.01); B60L 3/003 (2013.01); B60L 11/1816 (2013.01); B60L 11/1861 (2013.01); B60L 11/1874 (2013.01); B60H 2001/003 (2013.01); B60L 2240/28 (2013.01); B60L 2240/34 (2013.01); B60L 2240/36 (2013.01); B60L 2240/525 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7005 (2013.01); Y02T 10/705 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7044 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7072 (2013.01); Y02T 90/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
A charger cooling air source selection method includes cooling a vehicle battery charger by opening an outside air vent door in a vehicle and drawing outside air through the outside air vent door; determining whether the outside air vent door will close; and if the outside air vent door will not close, establishing and maintaining positive air pressure in a cabin of the vehicle by ensuring an open configuration of a recirculation door in the vehicle.