Bidirectional DC wallbox for electric vehicles

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11322968-B2
Application number	US-202016945597-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 31, 2020
Priority date	Aug 1, 2019
Publication date	May 3, 2022
Grant date	May 3, 2022

Abstract

A bidirectional DC charging station is provided for wall mounting (DC wallbox) for a private sphere, to which a plurality of electric vehicles can be connected in parallel. A method for operating the DC wallbox is also provided.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A bidirectional DC wallbox with an electrical isolation, the bidirectional DC wallbox comprising:
an isolating element configured to reversibly connect and disconnect the bidirectional DC wallbox to an AC voltage network;
a rectifier having a power factor correction (PFC) filter configured to rectify a three-phase AC voltage; and
a DC/DC converter with an electrical isolation, the DC/DC converter including:
an inverter;
an AC bus system having a primary side and a secondary side electrically isolated therefrom;
at least one active rectifier configured to convert an AC voltage into a DC voltage of a predetermined voltage level; and
at least one charging output for connection to a charging socket of an electric vehicle;

wherein an output of the inverter is connected to the primary side of the AC bus system, and an input of the at least one active rectifier is connected to the secondary side of the AC bus system, and the at least one charging output is connected to an output of the at least one active rectifier.

2. The bidirectional DC wallbox of claim 1 , wherein the AC bus system includes a transformer.

3. The bidirectional DC wallbox of claim 1 , wherein the DC/DC converter with electrical isolation includes a plurality of active rectifiers, each active rectifier having a charging output.

4. The bidirectional DC wallbox of claim 1 , further comprising:
a base module containing an isolating element; an AC/DC converter with a PFC filter; and
a DC/DC converter with an electrical isolation which contains a DC/AC converter, an AC bus and an AC/DC converter.

5. The bidirectional DC wallbox of claim 4 , wherein the base module is designed for a connected load of 22 kW.

6. The bidirectional DC-wall box of claim 4 , wherein at least one expansion module is connected to a secondary side of the AC bus of the base module, said at least one expansion module including an active rectifier and a charging output for connection to a charging socket of an electric vehicle.

7. The bidirectional DC wallbox of claim 6 , wherein each expansion module includes a control unit for regulating voltage and current.

8. A method, comprising:
connecting at least one energy store to a charging output of a DC wallbox;
connecting the DC wallbox to an AC voltage network by closing an isolating, element of the DC wallbox configured to reversibly connect and disconnect the directional DC wallbox to the AC voltage network; and
transmitting electrical energy from the AC voltage network into the at least one energy store or from the at least one energy store into the AC voltage network.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein an output voltage at each charging output of the DC wallbox is individually adjustable.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein a total connected load of the DC wallbox can be freely distributed over a plurality of individual charging outputs of the DC wallbox.

Assignees

• Audi Ag

Inventors

• Ruppert Daniel

Classifications

• H02J7/50

  acting upon multiple batteries simultaneously or sequentially · CPC title

• H02J7/02 Primary

  for charging batteries from AC mains by converters · CPC title

• Y02T10/70

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

• Y02T10/72

  Electric energy management in electromobility · CPC title

• Y02T90/14

  Plug-in electric vehicles · CPC title