US 12,233,716 B2
Automotive electric drive with three phase coupled inverter
Baoming Ge, Okemos, MI (US); Lihua Chen, Farmington Hills, MI (US); and Serdar Hakki Yonak, Ann Arbor, MI (US)
Assigned to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Sep. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/951,496.
Prior Publication US 2024/0100959 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. B60L 15/00 (2006.01); B60L 3/00 (2019.01); B60L 53/14 (2019.01); B60L 53/24 (2019.01); H02M 1/12 (2006.01); H02M 7/487 (2007.01); H02M 7/5387 (2007.01)
CPC B60L 15/007 (2013.01) [H02M 1/123 (2021.05); H02M 7/487 (2013.01); H02M 7/5387 (2013.01); B60L 3/003 (2013.01); B60L 53/14 (2019.02); B60L 53/24 (2019.02)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle comprising:
a traction battery;
an electric machine;
an inverter electrically connected between the traction battery and electric machine, wherein the inverter includes three capacitors and three pairs of series connected switches each defining a phase leg and wherein each of the capacitors is in parallel with one of the phase legs and electrically connected between the one of the phase legs and electric machine; and
a three phase coupled inductor electrically connected between the traction battery and inverter.