Off-board charger for high-voltage battery charging
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsXuemei SUN, William David TREHARNE, Jonathan Andrew BUTCHER, Robert John LINK, Philip Michael GONZALES
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Abstract
An off-board battery charger for a vehicle may include a high-voltage connector having first, second and power supply connector ports. The first connector port connects to a vehicle controller via a first cable. The second connector port connects to a vehicle battery via a second cable. And, the power supply connector port is electrically connected with the second port and receives power via a power supply cable from a separate and external power supply.
Claims20
An off-board charging system for charging a vehicle battery, comprising:
- a connector including first and second terminals, and a pair of contacts at the first terminal, the connector being configured to receive power via an external power supply and to connect with a vehicle controller via a first cable at the first terminal and to connect with a battery system via a second cable at the second terminal, the pair of contacts being configured to close in response to an actuation at the second terminal to permit current from the external power supply to pass to the vehicle controller via the first cable.
An off-board battery charger for a vehicle, comprising:
- a high-voltage connector having a first connector port configured to connect to a vehicle controller via a first cable, a second connector port configured to connect to a vehicle battery via a second cable, and a power supply connector port electrically connected with the second connector port and configured to receive power via a power supply cable from a separate and external power supply.
A vehicle charging system, comprising:
- a high-voltage connector configured to connect to a vehicle battery via a second cable, and d configured to receive power from an external power supply;
- a battery controller configured to electronically connect the connector and programmed to, in response to verifying that a set of charge start conditions have been met, initiate power transfer from the external power supply to a vehicle battery, and in response to detecting a charge issue condition, cease the power transfer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.