On-board and wireless vehicle charging systems with shared components

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10427532-B2
Application number	US-201715479687-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 5, 2017
Priority date	Apr 5, 2017
Publication date	Oct 1, 2019
Grant date	Oct 1, 2019

Abstract

A vehicle includes a traction battery, an on-board charging system (OBCS), and a wireless power transfer system (WPTS). Each of the OBCS and WPTS is configured to selectively use a same rectifier such that the rectifier rectifies output of the OBCS and rectifies output of the WPTS to provide power to the traction battery.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle comprising:
a low voltage battery;
a traction battery; and
an on-board charging system (OBCS) and a wireless power transfer system (WPTS) each configured to selectively use a same synchronous rectifier such that the synchronous rectifier rectifies output of the OBCS and rectifies output of the WPTS to provide power to the traction battery, wherein the synchronous rectifier is configured to transfer power from the low voltage battery to the traction battery.

2. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the OBCS and WPTS include switches configured to selectively isolate the OBCS from the WPTS and traction battery.

3. The vehicle of claim 2 further comprising a controller configured to, responsive to a request to charge the traction battery via the WPTS, close a first of the switches associated with the WPTS and open a second of the switches associated with the OBCS.

4. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the OBCS and WPTS include switches configured to selectively isolate the WPTS from the OBCS and traction battery.

5. The vehicle of claim 4 further comprising a controller configured to, responsive to a request to charge the traction battery via the OBCS, close a first of the switches associated with the OBCS, and open a second of the switches associated with the WPTS.

6. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the OBCS includes the rectifier.

7. A method for charging a vehicle, comprising:
by a controller,
responsive to a request to charge a traction battery of the vehicle via an on-board charging system (OBCS), utilizing a synchronous rectifier to rectify output of the OBCS to provide power to the traction battery,
responsive to a request to charge the traction battery via a wireless power transfer system (WPTS), utilizing the synchronous rectifier to rectify output of the WPTS to provide power to the traction battery, and
responsive to a request to charge the traction battery via a low voltage battery, utilizing the synchronous rectifier to transfer output of the low voltage battery to the traction battery.

8. The method of claim 7 further comprising, responsive to the request to charge the battery via the OBCS, operating switches to isolate the WPTS from the OBCS and the battery.

9. The method of claim 7 further comprising, responsive to the request to charge the battery via the WPTS, operating switches to isolate the OBCS from the WPTS and the battery.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the OBCS includes the rectifier.

11. A vehicle comprising:
a low voltage battery;
a traction battery;
a high voltage to low voltage DC-DC converter including an inverter; and
an on-board charging system (OBCS) and a wireless power transfer system (WPTS) each configured to selectively use the inverter such that the inverter rectifies output of the OBCS and rectifies output of the WPTS to provide power to the traction battery, wherein the inverter is configured to transfer power from the low voltage battery to the traction battery.

12. The vehicle of claim 11 further including switches configured to selectively isolate the OBCS from the WPTS and traction battery.

13. The vehicle of claim 12 further comprising a controller configured to, responsive to a request to charge the traction battery via the WPTS, open a first of the switches associated with the high voltage to low voltage DC-DC converter to isolate components thereof other than the inverter from the WPTS and traction battery.

14. The vehicle of claim 13 , wherein the controller is further configured to, responsive to the request, open another of the switches to isolate the OBCS from the WPTS and traction battery.

15. The vehicle of claim 11 further including switches configured to selectively isolate the WPTS from the OBCS and traction battery.

16. The vehicle of claim 15 further comprising a controller configured to, responsive to a request to charge the traction battery via the OBCS, open a first of the switches associated with the high voltage to low voltage DC-DC converter to isolate components thereof other than the inverter from the OBCS and traction battery.

17. The vehicle of claim 16 , wherein the controller is further configured to, responsive to the request, open another of the switches to isolate the WPTS from the OBCS and traction battery.

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Elshaer Mohamed
• Chen Chingchi
• Ferrel Mark J
• Gibeau John Paul

Classifications

• H02J7/025

  Electricity · mapped topic

• B60L2210/40

  DC to AC converters · CPC title

• B60L2210/30

  AC to DC converters · CPC title

• B60L2210/10

  DC to DC converters · CPC title

• B60L53/22

  Constructional details or arrangements of charging converters specially adapted for charging electric vehicles · CPC title