US 12,233,747 B2
Varying vehicle charging bus
Yantao Song, Northville, MI (US); 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 Dec. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/554,740.
Prior Publication US 2023/0191946 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. B60L 58/18 (2019.01); B60L 1/00 (2006.01); B60L 53/20 (2019.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02M 3/04 (2006.01); H02M 3/158 (2006.01); H02M 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC B60L 58/18 (2019.02) [B60L 1/00 (2013.01); B60L 53/20 (2019.02); H02J 7/007 (2013.01); H02M 3/04 (2013.01); H02M 3/158 (2013.01); H02M 3/1582 (2013.01); H02M 3/1588 (2013.01); H02J 2207/20 (2020.01); H02M 1/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A power system for a vehicle comprising:
a converter having a high-voltage bus port, a medium-voltage bus port, and a plurality of switches disposed electrically between the high-voltage bus port and medium-voltage bus port, the converter being configured to,
with a first conversion setting, convert a first low voltage value of the medium-voltage bus port to a first high voltage value of the high-voltage bus port in response to a first command, and
with a second conversion setting, convert a second low voltage value of the medium-voltage bus port to the first high voltage value of the high-voltage bus port in response to a second command.