Patents by Inventor Patterson Kaduvinal Abraham

Patterson Kaduvinal Abraham has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230415580
    Abstract: An electrified vehicle includes a contactor having a coil operable by a low-voltage control signal to selectively electrically couple a terminal of a high-voltage bus to a charger receiving power from an external source. A programmed controller predicts the time it will take for the contactor to close after receiving a command based on the coil temperature and voltage of the command signal. The controller generates the low-voltage control signal responsive to a difference between bus voltage and charger voltage being less than a first threshold at the predicted closing time of the contactor. The control signal may also depend on the rate of change of the charger voltage being below a second threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Rui WANG, Wesley Edward BURKMAN, Patterson Kaduvinal ABRAHAM, Ai KERAMIDAS
  • Publication number: 20220216718
    Abstract: A controller, during charging of a traction battery by a remote charger, and responsive to a difference between a requested charge current and a current supplied by the remote charger exceeding a first threshold value for a predefined period of time, increases a requested charge voltage to a limit value. The controller further, responsive to a voltage across a capacitor and a voltage across the traction battery being same, and a voltage of the remote charger and the limit value being same, commands the remote charger to discontinue the charging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Rui Wang, Yuan Zhang, Patterson Kaduvinal Abraham, Changjian Hu, Jeffrey R. Grimes
  • Patent number: 10992145
    Abstract: A system comprises a processor, configured to perform balancing on a commanded cell referring to a reference cell, and responsive to detecting balancing time exceeding a threshold time and state of charge (SOC) difference being above a tolerance, abort the balancing, and generate an error message. The threshold time depends on an average balancing time calculated using the SOC difference, a predetermined commanded cell capacity, and a predetermined balancing current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Rui Wang, Xu Wang, Patterson Kaduvinal Abraham
  • Publication number: 20200006958
    Abstract: A system comprises a processor, configured to perform balancing on a commanded cell referring to a reference cell, and responsive to detecting balancing time exceeding a threshold time and state of charge (SOC) difference being above a tolerance, abort the balancing, and generate an error message. The threshold time depends on an average balancing time calculated using the SOC difference, a predetermined commanded cell capacity, and a predetermined balancing current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Rui Wang, Xu Wang, Patterson Kaduvinal Abraham