Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fault detection
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Application No.: US15669334Application Date: 2017-08-04
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Publication No.: US10971993B2Publication Date: 2021-04-06
- Inventor: Shuitao Yang , Yan Zhou , Baoming Ge , Lihua Chen , Fan Xu , Mohammed Khorshed Alam
- 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 P.C.
- Agent David B. Kelley
- Main IPC: H02M1/32
- IPC: H02M1/32 ; B60R16/033 ; H02M7/5387 ; G01R31/00 ; H02P29/024 ; G01R31/42 ; G01R31/50 ; H02M7/5395 ; H02M1/00 ; H02P27/08

Abstract:
A vehicle includes an inverter having a supply bus including a contactor operable to conduct current through a resistive element connected to a capacitive element having a voltage supplied by a battery. The vehicle includes a controller configured to energize a first gate of the inverter. The energization is responsive to the voltage exceeding a threshold. The controller is configured to detect current flow between a first phase associated with the gate and the bus based on a voltage drop associated with the voltage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190044429A1 Fault Detection Public/Granted day:2019-02-07
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