Power supply device and method for providing power supply device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11404900-B2
Application number	US-202016794342-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 19, 2020
Priority date	Feb 19, 2019
Publication date	Aug 2, 2022
Grant date	Aug 2, 2022

Abstract

A power supply device includes a combination of one power supply module of a plurality of power supply modules having different power supply performances and one controller of a plurality of controllers having different functions, which are selectively combined. Each of the plurality of power supply modules includes a power supply module side connection portion common to the plurality of power supply modules, and each of the plurality of controllers includes a controller side connection portion common to the plurality of controllers and connectable to the power supply module side connection portion, to allow the one power supply module and the one controller are selectively combined.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A power supply device comprising:
a combination of one power supply module of a plurality of power supply modules having different power supply performances and one controller of a plurality of controllers having different functions, which are selectively combined, wherein
each of the plurality of power supply modules comprises
a bottom plate, and
a power supply module side connection portion common to the plurality of power supply modules, the power supply module side connection portion including a power supply module side communication connection portion that protrudes through an opening in the bottom plate, and

each of the plurality of controllers comprises
a lid, and
a controller side connection portion common to the plurality of controllers and connectable to the power supply module side connection portion, to allow the one power supply module and the one controller to be selectively combined, the controller side connection portion including a controller side communication connection portion that protrudes through an opening in the lid, the controller side communication connection portion being fitted to and electrically connected to the power supply module side communication connection portion in the combination.

2. The power supply device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the power supply performances are related to discharge voltages of the power supply modules.

3. The power supply device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the power supply device serves as an auxiliary power supply device provided on a power supply path between a main power supply and a power supply target of a power supply, and
wherein the functions are to control charging and discharging of the power supply module, including a function of boosting a voltage of the main power supply through the charging and discharging of the power supply module and a function of backing up the power supply at a time of failure of the main power supply through the charging and discharging of the power supply module.

4. A method for providing a power supply device comprising a combination of one power supply module of a plurality of power supply modules having different power supply performances and one controller of a plurality of controllers having different functions, which are selectively combined, the method for providing the power supply device comprising:
a power supply module selection process in which the one power supply module is selected from the plurality of power supply modules having the different power supply performances, each of the plurality of power supply modules comprising
a bottom plate, and
a power supply module side connection portion common to the plurality of power supply modules, the power supply module side connection portion including a power supply module side communication connection portion that protrudes through an opening in the bottom plate; and

a controller selection process in which the one controller is selected from the plurality of controllers having different functions, each of the plurality of controllers comprising
a lid, and
a controller side connection portion common to the plurality of controllers and connectable to the power supply module side connection portion, the controller side connection portion including a controller side communication connection portion that protrudes through an opening in the lid, the controller side communication connection portion being fitted to and electrically connected to the power supply module side communication connection portion in the combination.

5. The method for providing the power supply device according to claim 4 ,
wherein the power supply performances of the power supply modules to be selected in the power supply module selection process are related to discharge voltages of the power supply modules.

6. The method for providing the power supply device according to claim 4 ,
wherein the power supply device serves as an auxiliary power supply device provided on a power supply path between a main power supply and a power supply target of a power supply, and
wherein the functions of the controllers to be selected in the controller selection process are to control charging and discharging of the power supply module, including a function of boosting a voltage of the main power supply through the charging and discharging of the power supply module and a function of backing up the power supply at a time of failure of the main power supply through the charging and discharging of the power supply module.

Assignees

• Jtekt Corp
• Kyoho Machine Works Ltd

Inventors

• Onishi Takanori
• Nishi Koji
• Sawada Shinichi
• Sugiyama Toyoki
• Mio Takumi
• Komatsubara Yukihiro
• Shinoda Satoshi
• Kawano Masafumi

Classifications

• H02J7/70 Primary

  characterised by the mechanical construction · CPC title

• Y02E60/10

  Energy storage using batteries · CPC title

• H02J7/345

  using capacitors as storage or buffering devices · CPC title

• H01M2220/10

  Batteries in stationary systems, e.g. emergency power source in plant · CPC title

• H01M2010/4278

  Systems for data transfer from batteries, e.g. transfer of battery parameters to a controller, data transferred between battery controller and main controller · CPC title