Motor vehicle on-board power system for an electrically driven vehicle, and method for operating a motor vehicle on-board power system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11396238-B2
Application number	US-201716346927-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 7, 2017
Priority date	Nov 11, 2016
Publication date	Jul 26, 2022
Grant date	Jul 26, 2022

Abstract

A motor vehicle on-board power system with a power converter, windings, an electric machine and a delta switch group is described. The electric machine is connected to the power converter, wherein a DC external connection is provided. The delta switch group connects the windings in a delta configuration. At least one switch of the delta switch group also connects at least one alternating current connection of the power converter to the DC external connection. A configuration controller actuates the delta switch group and has, on the one hand, the function of actuating the delta switch group in the closed state or open state within a driving state, according to a configuration specification. When energy is transmitted via the DC external connection, at least one switch of the delta switch group is actuated by the configuration controller according to a closed switching state. In addition, an associated method is described.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A motor vehicle on-board power system comprising:
a power converter with a ground connection;
an electric machine having windings connected to alternating current connections of the power converter;
a delta switch group via which the windings are connected in a delta configuration;
a DC external connection which is connected to the ground connection and to at least one of the alternating current connections via at least one switch of the delta switch group, the at least one switch of the delta switch group being connected in parallel to at least one of the electric machine windings; and
a configuration controller which is connected in an actuating fashion to the delta switch group and is configured to:
actuate the delta switch group in a closed state or an open state when the vehicle on-board power system is in a driving state, and
actuate the at least one switch of the delta switch group in the closed state when energy is transmitted via the DC external connection, the energy transmitted via the DC external connection bypassing the at last one electric machine winding via the at least one switch of the delta switch group to charge the vehicle on-board power system.

2. The motor vehicle on-board power system as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a power converter controller which is connected in an actuating fashion to switches of the power converter and is configured to actuate the switches of the power converter to generate a rotating field in the windings when the motor vehicle on-board power system is in the driving state, wherein the power converter controller is also configured to actuate all the switches of the power converter in the open state when energy is transmitted via the DC external connection.

3. The motor vehicle on-board power system as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising an AC external connection which is connected to the alternating current connections of the power converter via the windings, wherein the configuration controller is configured to actuate the delta switch group when energy is transmitted via the AC external connection.

4. The motor vehicle on-board power system as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising an energy storage unit which is connected to the ground connection and to a DC supply potential of the power converter.

5. A method for operating a motor vehicle on-board power system which comprises windings of an electric machine connected to alternating current connections of a power converter with a ground connection, a delta switch group via which the windings are connected in a delta configuration, a DC external connection which is connected to the ground connection and to at least one of the alternating current connections via at least one switch of the delta switch group, the at least one switch of the delta switch group being connected in parallel to at least one of the electric machine windings, and a configuration controller which is connected in an actuating fashion to the delta switch group, the method comprising:
actuating, by the configuration controller, the delta switch group in a closed state or an open state when the vehicle on-board power system is in a driving state; and
actuating, by the configuration controller, the at least one switch of the delta switch group in the closed state when energy is transmitted via the DC external connection, the energy transmitted via the DC external connection bypassing the at last one electric machine winding via the at least one switch of the delta switch group to charge the vehicle on-board power system.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5 , wherein in the driving state of the on-board power system the windings of the electric machine are operated either by the delta switch group in the delta configuration or are operated by a star switch group in a star configuration.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein in the DC energy transmission state electrical energy is transmitted between the DC external connection and the energy storage unit via at least one switch of the delta switch group, via at least one switch of the star switch group and via the power converter.

8. The method as claimed in claim 5 , wherein when the energy is transmitted via the DC external connection, the energy is transmitted by a current which is above the maximum switching current of the power converter.

9. The method as claimed in claim 5 , wherein when the energy is transmitted via the DC external connection, all the switches of the power converter are opened, and the energy is transmitted via at least one inverse diode of a switch of the power converter or via at least one diode which is connected in an antiparallel arrangement with respect to a switch.

10. The method as claimed in claim 5 , wherein during operation of the electric machine according to a setpoint torque above a predetermined torque threshold value and according to a setpoint rotational speed below a predetermined rotational speed threshold value the windings of the electric machine are operated in a star configuration, and during operation of the electric machine according to a setpoint rotational speed above the rotational speed threshold value the windings of the electric machine are operated by the delta switch group in the delta configuration.

11. The method as claimed in claim 5 , wherein in an AC energy transmission state electrical energy is transmitted between an AC external connection and an energy storage unit of the motor vehicle on-board power system via the windings of the electric machine and via the power converter, wherein in the AC energy transmission state a star switch group which is configured to connect the windings in a star configuration is opened and the delta switch group is opened.

12. The motor vehicle on-board power system as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising an AC external connection which is connected to the alternating current connections of the power converter via the windings, wherein the configuration controller is configured to actuate the delta switch group when energy is transmitted via the AC external connection.

Assignees

• Cpt Group Gmbh
• Vitesco Tech Gmbh

Inventors

• Pfeilschifter Franz

Classifications

• H02J2105/37

  exchanging power with electric vehicles [EV] or with hybrid electric vehicles [HEV] · CPC title

• Y02T10/92

  Energy efficient charging or discharging systems for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors specially adapted for vehicles · CPC title

• H02J7/02 Primary

  for charging batteries from AC mains by converters · CPC title

• H02J2207/40

  adapted for charging from various sources, e.g. AC, DC or multivoltage · CPC title

• B60L53/24

  Using the vehicle's propulsion converter for charging · CPC title