Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fault detection in a multi-high voltage bus system
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Application No.: US15054629Application Date: 2016-02-26
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Publication No.: US09931949B2Publication Date: 2018-04-03
- Inventor: Michael Edward Loftus , Benjamin A. Tabatowski-Bush , Michael Schamber , Jianwei Li
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Brooks Kushman
- Agent David Kelley
- Main IPC: B60L11/18
- IPC: B60L11/18

Abstract:
A vehicle bus system includes a controller programmed to, after issuing a command to close first and second contactors, wherein the first and second contactors are arranged to share a first terminal of a battery, the first contactor is configured to power a first load when closed, and the second contactor is configured to power a second load when closed, initiate pre-charge of a second terminal of the battery in response to respective first and second voltages across the first and second contactors exceeding corresponding first and second closed-state voltage thresholds, and generate a notification and preclude initiation of the pre-charge in response to one of the first and second voltages being less than the corresponding first and second closed-state voltage thresholds.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170246959A1 FAULT DETECTION IN A MULTI-HIGH VOLTAGE BUS SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2017-08-31
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