Device and method for charging a battery system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10778030-B2
Application number	US-201816137553-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 21, 2018
Priority date	Oct 10, 2017
Publication date	Sep 15, 2020
Grant date	Sep 15, 2020

Abstract

A device for charging a battery system of a vehicle is provided. The battery system is configured to be charged by a charging unit, the charging unit is arranged in the vehicle, and the charging unit has an input and an output. The output is configured to be connected in an electrically conductive manner to the battery system in order to charge the battery system, a connection point for a releasable electrically conductive connection for transmitting an AC voltage for charging the battery system is arranged in the vehicle, and a receiver coil is arranged in the vehicle. In the receiver coil a voltage for charging the battery system is configured to be induced, and the input of the charging unit is configured to be connected in an electrically conductive manner to the connection point and/or to the receiver coil in order to charge the battery system.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device for charging a battery system of a vehicle, the device comprising:
a charging circuit arranged in the vehicle, the charging circuit having an input and an output, the output of the charging circuit being connected in an electrically conductive manner to the battery system so as to provide a charging voltage to charge the battery system;
a connection point arranged in the vehicle and configured to receive, via a releasable electrically conductive wired connection with a charging system external to the vehicle, a first AC voltage for charging the battery system; and
a receiver coil arranged in the vehicle and configured to inductively couple with a transmitter coil external to the vehicle so as to receive, via induction, a second AC voltage for charging the battery system,
wherein the input of the charging circuit is configured to be connected in an electrically conductive manner to both the connection point and to the receiver coil,
wherein a rectifier is arranged between the receiver coil and the input of the charging circuit, wherein the rectifier is configured to convert the second AC voltage into a DC voltage, and
wherein the charging circuit includes a common rectifier circuit for the DC voltage and the first AC voltage.

2. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the charging circuit further includes a common power factor correction circuit for transmitting the DC voltage and the first AC voltage.

3. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the charging circuit further includes a common smoothing circuit for transmitting the DC voltage and the first AC voltage.

4. The device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a switch configured to selectively connect, in an electrically conductive manner, the input of the charging circuit to the receiver coil or to the connection point.

5. A method for charging a battery system of a vehicle, the method comprising:
charging the battery system by the device as claimed in claim 1 .

6. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the charging circuit further includes a common power factor correction circuit for the DC voltage and the first AC voltage and a common smoothing circuit for the DC voltage and the first AC voltage.

7. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the common rectifier circuit for the DC voltage and the first AC voltage is configured to:
convert the first AC voltage into a second DC voltage, and
pass the first DC voltage through such that it is substantially unchanged.

8. The device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the receiver coil and the rectifier are dimensioned such that the first DC voltage and the second DC voltage are substantially identical.

9. The device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the second DC voltage is substantially identical to the first DC voltage.

10. The device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the common rectifier circuit is a bridge circuit including a plurality of diodes, wherein all of the diodes in at least one transmission path of the bridge circuit are forward biased.

11. A system for inductively charging a battery system of a vehicle, the system comprising:
a vehicle device, comprising:
a charging circuit arranged in the vehicle, the charging circuit having an input and an output, the output of the charging circuit being connected in an electrically conductive manner to the battery system so as to provide a charging voltage to charge the battery system;
a connection point arranged in the vehicle and configured to receive, via a releasable electrically conductive wired connection with a charging system external to the vehicle, a first AC voltage for charging the battery system; and
a receiver coil arranged in the vehicle and configured to inductively couple with a transmitter coil external to the vehicle so as to receive, via induction, a second AC voltage for charging the battery system,
wherein the input of the charging circuit is configured to be connected in an electrically conductive manner to both the connection point and to the receiver coil,
wherein a rectifier is arranged between the receiver coil and the input of the charging circuit, wherein the rectifier is configured to convert the second AC voltage into a DC voltage, and
wherein the charging circuit includes a common rectifier circuit for the DC voltage and the first AC voltage; and

a charging infrastructure device, comprising:
a mains connection point configured to receive a third AC voltage,
an inverter connected in an electrically conductive manner to the mains connection point and configured to generate a fourth AC voltage, and
a transmitter coil connected in an electrically conductive manner to the inverter, wherein the transmitter coil is configured to generate the fourth AC voltage without power factor correction and smoothing in order to excite an electromagnetic field.

12. The device as claimed in claim 11 , further comprising an infrastructure-side rectifier disposed between the mains connection point and the inverter and connected, in an electrically conductive manner, to both the mains connection point and the inverter,
wherein the rectifier is configured to convert the third AC voltage into a DC voltage, and
wherein the inverter is configured to be operated with the DC voltage so as to generate the fourth AC voltage.

13. The device as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the inverter is a direct inverter that is configured to convert the third AC voltage directly into the fourth AC voltage.

Assignees

• Porsche Ag

Inventors

• Oestreicher Ralf
• Herke Dirk

Classifications

• H02J50/12

  of the resonant type · CPC title

• H02J7/02 Primary

  for charging batteries from AC mains by converters · CPC title

• H02J50/10

  using inductive coupling · CPC title

• Y02T10/7072

  Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors · CPC title

• B60L53/12

  Inductive energy transfer · CPC title