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US 10,093,187 B2Granted
Redundant power supply
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsDavid Jeffeory Berels, Douglas B. Thornburg, Brock Watters
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Abstract
A vehicle system includes multiple DC-DC converter circuits, vehicle batteries, and vehicle power distribution buses. Each vehicle battery is electrically connected in parallel to each of the DC-DC converter circuits. Each of the vehicle batteries is also electrically connected in parallel to one another. Further, each of the DC-DC converter circuits and each of the vehicle batteries are electrically connected to multiple vehicle power distribution buses.
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A vehicle system comprising:
- a plurality of DC-DC converter circuits;
- and
- a plurality of vehicle batteries electrically connected in parallel to each of the plurality of DC-DC converter circuits, wherein each of the vehicle batteries are electrically connected in parallel to one another,
- wherein each of the plurality of DC-DC converter circuits and each of the plurality of vehicle batteries is electrically connected to a plurality of vehicle power distribution buses.
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A vehicle system comprising:
- a plurality of DC-DC converter circuits;
- a plurality of vehicle batteries electrically connected in parallel to each of the plurality of DC-DC converter circuits, wherein each of the vehicle batteries are electrically connected in parallel to one another;
- a main power distribution bus electrically connected to each of the plurality of DC-DC converter circuits and each of the plurality of vehicle batteries, wherein the main power distribution bus further includes a plurality of individually interruptible output terminals;
- an auxiliary power distribution bus electrically connected to each of the plurality of DC-DC converter circuits and each of the plurality of vehicle batteries, wherein the auxiliary power distribution bus further includes a plurality of individually interruptible output terminals;
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- a processor programmed to detect a malfunction associated with at least one of the plurality of DC-DC converter circuits and shut off one or more of the individually interruptible output terminals of at least one of the main power distribution bus and the auxiliary power distribution bus in response to detecting the malfunction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.