US 12,304,324 B2
Power supply device system for a hybrid or electric vehicle
Moon Young Lee, Livonia, MI (US); Baoming Ge, Okemos, MI (US); Fan Wang, Novi, MI (US); and John P. Casci, Westland, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Jul. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/867,289.
Prior Publication US 2024/0017620 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. B60L 3/00 (2019.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); H02K 11/25 (2016.01); H02M 1/32 (2007.01)
CPC B60L 3/0061 (2013.01) [B60W 10/08 (2013.01); H02K 11/25 (2016.01); H02M 1/327 (2021.05); B60L 2210/14 (2013.01); B60L 2240/425 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle comprising:
an electric machine configured to propel the vehicle;
a battery;
an electrical circuit configured to convert direct current power from the battery into alternating current power and to deliver the alternating current power to the electric machine;
a boost converter having an inductor and configured to increase a battery voltage being input into the electrical circuit;
a bus bar configured to connect the inductor to the battery;
an insulator (i) overmolded over a portion of the bus bar and (ii) defining an array of orifices;
a thermistor configured to measure a temperature of the inductor; and
a wire configured to communicate the temperature of the inductor from the thermistor to a controller, wherein the wire is weaved (i) through the array of orifices and (ii) between opposing external surfaces of the insulator.