Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Verifying operation of battery contactors during vehicle operation without loss of power
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Application No.: US16183895Application Date: 2018-11-08
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Publication No.: US11156665B2Publication Date: 2021-10-26
- Inventor: Dave G. Rich , Jonathan O. Conell , Robert A. De Stefano , Saad Hasan , Benjamin G. Wroblewski , Lyall K. Winger
- Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Detroit
- Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Current Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Detroit
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Main IPC: G01R31/327
- IPC: G01R31/327 ; G01R35/00 ; G01R31/00 ; B60L58/21 ; B60K6/28

Abstract:
A battery control system includes T contactor paths connected in parallel between a battery and a load, where T is an integer greater than one. Each of the T contactor paths includes a first contactor and a second contactor connected in series with the first contactor. Each of the T contactor paths includes at least one of a first voltage sensor configured to sense a first voltage between the first contactor and the second contactor; and a current sensor configured to sense current flowing through the first contactor and the second contactor. A second voltage sensor is configured to sense a second voltage at one end of the T contactor paths. A third voltage sensor is configured to sense a third voltage at an opposite end of the T contactor paths.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200150182A1 VERIFYING OPERATION OF BATTERY CONTACTORS DURING VEHICLE OPERATION WITHOUT LOSS OF POWER Public/Granted day:2020-05-14
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