Patent ID: 11912146
Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H  Y | IPC B  H

Claim 18:
19. A battery charging system, comprising:
an electric motor including stator coils;
a battery;
a charge port configured to receive power from charging stations by wire;
first and second electrical conductors connected between the battery and the charge port;
a third electrical conductor; and
a switch configured to electrically connect and disconnect a first end of the third electrical conductor to and from the first electrical conductor,
wherein the third electrical conductor includes a second end that is directly connected to (a) the U phase of the electric motor and (b) one output of a group of outputs of an inverter module, the outputs of the inverter module connected to U, V, and W phases of the electric motor and configured to output positive reference potentials to the electric motor.