Electric vehicle and method for charging between electric vehicles

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11260759-B2
Application number	US-201916366633-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 27, 2019
Priority date	Sep 27, 2016
Publication date	Mar 1, 2022
Grant date	Mar 1, 2022

Abstract

An electric vehicle that includes a battery pack, a direct current socket, and a controller and a charging method for charging between electric vehicles, where in a process in which the direct current socket is coupled to an alternating current socket of another electric vehicle using a charge/discharge cable, the battery pack is controlled based on a charging request of the other electric vehicle to charge the other electric vehicle. Hence, charging between electric vehicles can be conveniently implemented.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A first electric vehicle, comprising:
a battery pack;
an alternating current socket configured to receive a direct current from a second electric vehicle in response to the alternating current socket coupling to a direct current socket of the second electric vehicle using a charge/discharge cable;
a charger coupled to the battery pack and the alternating current socket; and
a controller coupled to the battery pack and the alternating current socket and configured to control the charger to charge the battery pack with the direct current from the second electric vehicle.

2. The first electric vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to obtain a discharging configuration parameter from the second electric vehicle, and wherein the charger is further configured to convert, based on the discharging configuration parameter, the direct current received from the second electric vehicle into a direct current matching the battery pack to charge the battery pack.

3. The first electric vehicle of claim 2 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
send a charging request to the second electric vehicle; and
receive the discharging configuration parameter from the second electric vehicle after the second electric vehicle receives the charging request, wherein the discharging configuration parameter comprises at least one of electric energy, a discharging voltage, a discharging current, or discharging power supplied by the second electric vehicle when the second electric vehicle is charging the battery pack.

4. The first electric vehicle of claim 2 , wherein before charging the battery pack, the controller is further configured to:
send a handshake request message to the second electric vehicle; and
receive a handshake response message from the second electric vehicle to establish a communication coupling between the first electric vehicle and the second electric vehicle.

5. The first electric vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the charge/discharge cable that uses by the alternating current socket to couple to the direct current socket of the second electric vehicle comprises a discharging plug, a charging plug, and a cable coupling the charging plug and the discharging plug, wherein the charging plug matches the alternating current socket, and wherein the discharging plug matches the direct current socket of the second electric vehicle.

6. The first electric vehicle of claim 5 , wherein the charging plug comprises an L1 pin, an L2 pin, an L3 pin, and an N pin, wherein the discharging plug comprises a first pin and a second pin, wherein one of the L1 pin, the L2 pin, or the L3 pin is coupled to the first pin using the cable, wherein the N pin is coupled to the second pin using the cable, wherein the first pin comprises a DC+ pin, and wherein the second pin comprises a DC− pin.

7. The first electric vehicle of claim 1 , further comprising the charge/discharge cable.

8. A method for charging between electric vehicles, wherein the method is applied to a first electric vehicle comprising a battery pack, an alternating current socket, a charger, and a controller, and wherein the method comprises:
determining, by the controller, that the alternating current socket is coupled to a direct current socket of a second electric vehicle using a charge/discharge cable; and
controlling, by the controller, the charger to receive a direct current from the second electric vehicle to charge the battery pack.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
obtaining, by the controller, a discharging configuration parameter of the second electric vehicle; and
converting, by the charger based on the discharging configuration parameter, the direct current received from the second electric vehicle into a direct current matching the battery pack to charge the battery pack.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein obtaining the discharging configuration parameter comprises:
sending, by the controller, a charging request to the second electric vehicle; and
receiving, by the controller, the discharging configuration parameter from the second electric vehicle after the second electric vehicle receives the charging request, wherein the discharging configuration parameter comprises at least one of electric energy or a discharging voltage supplied by the second electric vehicle when the second electric vehicle charges the battery pack.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein before charging the battery pack, the method further comprises:
sending, by the controller, a handshake request message to the second electric vehicle; and
receiving, by the controller, a handshake response message from the second electric vehicle to establish a communication coupling between the first electric vehicle and the second electric vehicle.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein obtaining the discharging configuration parameter comprises:
sending, by the controller, a charging request to the second electric vehicle; and
receiving, by the controller, the discharging configuration parameter from the second electric vehicle after the second electric vehicle receives the charging request, wherein the discharging configuration parameter comprises a discharging current supplied by the second electric vehicle when the second electric vehicle charges the battery pack.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein obtaining the discharging configuration parameter comprises:
sending, by the controller, a charging request to the second electric vehicle; and
receiving, by the controller, the discharging configuration parameter from the second electric vehicle after the second electric vehicle receives the charging request, wherein the discharging configuration parameter comprises discharging power supplied by the second electric vehicle when the second electric vehicle charges the battery pack.

14. A charge system, comprising:
a charge/discharge cable; and
a first electric vehicle comprising:
a battery pack;
an alternating current socket configured to receive a direct current from a second electric vehicle in response that the alternating current socket coupling to a direct current socket of the second electric vehicle using the charge/discharge cable;
a charger coupled to the battery pack and the alternating current socket; and
a controller coupled to the battery pack and the alternating current socket and configured to control the charger to charge the battery pack with the direct current from the second electric vehicle.

15. The charge system of claim 14 , wherein the controller is further configured to receive a discharging configuration parameter from the second electric vehicle, and wherein the charger is further configured to convert, based on the discharging configuration parameter, the direct current received from the second electric vehicle into a direct current matching the battery pack to charge the battery pack.

16. The charge system of claim 15 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
send a charging request to the second electric vehicle; and
receive the discharging configuration parameter from the second electric vehicle after the second electric vehicle receives the charging request, wherein the discharging configuration parameter comprises at least one of electric energy, a discharging voltage, a discharging current, or discharging power supplied by the second electric vehicle when the second electric vehicle is charging the battery pack.

17. The charge system of claim 15 , wherein before charging the battery pack, the controller is further configured to:
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Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhou Kui
• He Wentao
• Liu Xiaokang

Classifications

• B60L53/16 Primary

  Connectors, e.g. plugs or sockets, specially adapted for charging electric vehicles · CPC title

• B60Y2300/91

  Battery charging · CPC title

• B60L53/66

  Data transfer between charging stations and vehicles · CPC title

• H01M10/42

  Methods or arrangements for servicing or maintenance of secondary cells or secondary half-cells (H01M10/60 takes precedence) · CPC title

• Y02T10/70

  Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries · CPC title