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US 9,520,730 B2Granted
Method and system for charging high voltage battery packs
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsRichard Kai Wong, Thanh D. Pham, Greg Edward Gauthier, Gene Willi
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Abstract
A method and system for charging high voltage battery packs includes connecting a charger to a power source, connecting the charger to a battery pack, connecting a computer to a battery energy control module of the battery pack and charging the battery pack from the power source through the charger by running a software program on the computer and a system for conducting the method.
Claims20
A method for charging a battery pack in a vehicle, comprising:
- connecting an off-vehicle charger to a power source;
- connecting the charger to the battery pack;
- connecting a computer to a battery energy control module (BECM) of the battery pack following disconnecting the BECM from a wire harness of the vehicle;
- and
- charging the battery pack from the power source through the charger by running a software program on the computer, the software program embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the software program configured to cause at least one processor to initiate and control the charging of the battery pack based on an indicated condition of the battery pack received by the computer through the BECM.
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A method for charging a battery pack in a vehicle, comprising:
- connecting an off-vehicle charger to a power source;
- connecting the charger to the battery pack;
- connecting a computer to a battery energy control module (BECM) of the battery pack following disconnecting the BECM from a wire harness of the vehicle;
- determining whether the battery pack is in satisfactory condition for charging by running a software program on the computer, the software program embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the software program configured to cause at least one processor to initiate and control the charging of the battery pack based on an indicated condition of the battery pack received by the computer through the BECM;
- and
- charging the battery pack from the power source through the charger if the battery pack is in satisfactory condition for charging by running the software program on the computer.
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A method for charging a battery pack in a vehicle, comprising:
- connecting an off-vehicle charger to a power source;
- connecting the charger to the battery pack;
- connecting a computer to a battery energy control module (BECM) of the battery pack following disconnecting the BECM from a wire harness of the vehicle;
- determining whether the battery pack is in satisfactory condition for charging by running a software program on the computer, the software program embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the software program configured to cause at least one processor to initiate and control the charging of the battery pack based on an indicated condition of the battery pack received by the computer through the BECM;
- charging the battery pack from the power source through the charger if the battery pack is in satisfactory condition for charging by running the software program on the computer;
- and
- during the charging indicating a state of charge of the battery pack, a voltage of the battery pack, a current of the battery pack, a battery pack contactor status of the battery pack and an elapsed charging time of the battery pack on the computer by running the software program on the computer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.