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US 8,896,146 B2Granted
Automotive power system
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsTuyen Quoc Tran, Benjamin A. Tabatowski-Bush
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Abstract
A power system for an automotive vehicle includes a plurality of power storage units, a multiplexer electrically connected with the power storage units, and a switching converter electrically connected with the multiplexer. The switching converter is configured to selectively act as a flyback switchmode power converter or a forward switchmode power converter.
Claims17
A power system for an automotive vehicle comprising:
- a plurality of power storage units;
- a multiplexer electrically connected with the power storage units;
- and
- a switching converter electrically connected with the multiplexer and configured to selectively operate in a flyback mode or a forward mode.
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A switching converter for an automotive power system including a multiplexer, the converter comprising:
- circuitry electrically connected with the multiplexer and configured to selectively operate in a flyback mode or a forward mode.
A power system for an automotive vehicle comprising:
- a plurality of power storage units;
- a multiplexer electrically connected with the power storage units;
- and
- a switching converter electrically connected with the multiplexer and configured to (i) selectively operate in a flyback mode or a forward mode and (ii) receive or present a DC voltage of either polarity to the multiplexer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.