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US 10,763,660 B2Granted
Dual use vehicular AC generator
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsChih-Lun Wang, Tianbo Xu
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Abstract
A vehicle includes an Alternating Current (AC) source, a receptacle, and a switch. The AC source has a line and neutral potential. The receptacle is carried by a body of the vehicle and includes line, neutral, and ground conductors, and a ground fault interrupter (GFI) circuit. The switch is coupled between the AC source and the GFI circuit configured to selectively short the neutral and ground conductors.
Claims18
A vehicle comprising:
- an Alternating Current (AC) source having a line and neutral potential;
- a receptacle carried by a body of the vehicle and including line, neutral, and ground conductors, and a ground fault interrupter (GFI) circuit;
- a switch coupled between the AC source and the GFI circuit configured to selectively short the neutral and ground conductors;
- and
- a controller configured to, responsive to detection of a connection with a household fuse panel, close the switch to short the neutral conductor with the around conductor.
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A method of controlling an Alternating Current (AC) generator for a vehicle comprising:
- by a controller,
- shorting, via a switch, a neutral line with a ground line of a receptacle carried by a body of the vehicle, and
- responsive to a difference between a line current and a neutral current exceeding a threshold, opening the switch, outputting a home connection mode signal, and disabling an isolation monitor between a neutral line and ground of the receptacle.
A vehicle comprising:
- an inverter configured to output Alternating Current (AC) power at a line and neutral potential;
- a receptacle carried by a body of the vehicle and including line, neutral, and ground conductors, and a ground fault interrupter (GFI) circuit;
- a switch coupled between the inverter and the GFI circuit configured to selectively short the neutral and ground conductors;
- and
- a controller configured to, responsive to detection of a connection with a household fuse panel, close the switch to short the neutral conductor with the ground conductor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.