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- Patent Title: System and method for coordinated operation of integrated starter generator and power converter in a vehicle
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Application No.: US15085037Application Date: 2016-03-30
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Publication No.: US10005453B2Publication Date: 2018-06-26
- Inventor: Marvin Paul Kraska , Mark Steven Yamazaki , Mark J. Ferrel
- Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Brooks Kushman P.C.
- Agent David Kelley
- Main IPC: B60W20/40
- IPC: B60W20/40 ; B60W10/08 ; B60L11/18

Abstract:
A vehicle includes a hybrid powertrain with a motor/generator electrically coupled to a high-voltage bus to provide propulsion. The vehicle also includes an integrated starter/generator electrically copulated to a low-voltage bus and configured to start the engine. A vehicle power system includes a power converter electrically coupled between the high-voltage bus and the low-voltage bus. During engine start events, operation of the integrated starter/generator is coordinated with operation of the power converter to reduce voltage sag on the low-voltage bus. An increase rate of current supplied to the integrated starter/generator is limited such that a current output of the power converter does not saturate at a maximum current output for a period of time after initiating the engine start event.
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