Battery pack power supply system and battery pack power supply method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11804722-B2
Application number	US-202117340107-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 7, 2021
Priority date	Jun 9, 2020
Publication date	Oct 31, 2023
Grant date	Oct 31, 2023

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a battery pack power supply system and a battery pack power supply method. The battery pack power supply system comprises: a first battery set and a second battery set; a switch control circuit connected with electronic switches, to control the first battery set and the second battery set to be connected in series or in parallel; and a main control chip connected with the first battery set, the second battery set, and the switch control circuit, respectively, to control the electronic switches to be open or closed to discharge the first battery set and the second battery set; a wake-up circuit connected with the main control chip, to wake up the entire battery pack power supply system; a USB circuit connected with the first battery set, the second battery set, and the main control chip, respectively, to output power for charging an external device under the control of the main control chip; and a self-locking circuit connected with the switch control circuit, to disable the electronic switches when the switch control circuit is prohibited.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A battery pack power supply system, comprising
a first battery set and a second battery set;
a switch control circuit connected with electronic switches, to control the first battery set and the second battery set to be connected in series or in parallel;
a main control chip connected with the first battery set, the second battery set and the switch control circuit, respectively, to control the electronic switches to be open or closed to discharge the first battery set and the second battery set;
a wake-up circuit connected with the main control chip, to wake up the entire battery pack power supply system;
a USB circuit connected with the first battery set, the second battery set and the main control chip, respectively, to output power for charging an external device under the control of the main control chip; and
a self-locking circuit connected with the switch control circuit, to disable the electronic switches when the switch control circuit is prohibited.

2. The battery pack power supply system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the electronic switches comprise a first switch, a second switch and a third switch,
wherein when the main control chip controls the first switch and the second switch to be closed and the third switch to be open, the first battery set and the second battery set are connected in parallel with each other; and when the main control chip controls the first switch and the second switch to be open and the third switch to be closed, the first battery set and the second battery set are connected in series with each other.

3. The battery pack power supply system according to claim 1 , further comprising a housing and a circuit board accommodated in the housing,
wherein the first battery set and the second battery set are both accommodated in the housing, and the switch control circuit, the main control chip, the wake-up circuit, the USB circuit and the self-locking circuit are all formed on the circuit board,
wherein the housing is provided with an extended power output interface connected to the USB circuit and a cover plate for covering the extended power output interface, the cover plate being slidably arranged to expose or cover the extended power output interface.

4. The battery pack power supply system according to claim 3 ,
wherein the wake-up circuit comprises a microswitch wake-up circuit, the microswitch wake-up circuit comprising a microswitch,
wherein when the cover plate slides to expose the extended power output interface, the cover plate synchronously triggers the microswitch, such that the entire battery pack power supply system is woken up.

5. The battery pack power supply system according to claim 3 , wherein the wake-up circuit is a buttoned wake-up circuit, the buttoned wake-up circuit comprises a button provided on the housing, and the entire battery pack power supply system is woken up after the button is pressed.

6. The battery pack power supply system according to claim 1 , wherein the USB circuit is provided with a step-down component and a current-limiting component to perform voltage step-down and current-limiting operations on a voltage output from the battery pack power supply system, and a voltage after the step-down and current-limiting operations is output to charge the external device.

7. The battery pack power supply system according to claim 1 , wherein the self-locking circuit is configured such that the switch control circuit is not controlled by the main control chip when the switch control circuit is automatically locked.

8. The battery pack power supply system according to claim 1 , further comprising a first analog front-end connected in parallel with the first battery set and a second analog front-end connected in parallel with the second battery set, wherein the first analog front-end is connected with the main control chip to collect a voltage of the first battery set and transmit the voltage to the main control chip, wherein the second analog front-end is connected with the main control chip to collect a voltage of the second battery set and transmit the voltage to the main control chip.

9. The battery pack power supply system according to claim 8 , wherein when the voltages of the first battery set and second battery set are lower than a certain value, the main control chip disables the USB circuit in order to stop charging the external device and controls the entire battery pack power supply system to shut down.

10. The battery pack power supply system according to claim 8 , further comprising a communication isolation circuit, which is connected to the second analog front-end at one end and to the main control chip at the other end, so that the second analog front-end communicates with the main control chip in a bidirectional isolation manner through the communication isolation circuit.

11. A battery pack power supply method applied to a battery pack power supply system, the battery pack power supply system comprising a main control chip, a first battery set and a second battery set, a switch control circuit, a wake-up circuit, a USB circuit and a self-locking circuit, wherein the battery pack power supply method mainly comprises the following steps:
S1, inserting an external device USB charging cable into an extended power output interface of the battery pack power supply system, such that the external device USB charging cable is brought into electrical conduction with the USB circuit of the battery pack power supply system;
S2, the wake-up circuit waking up the entire battery pack power supply system;
S3, the main control chip controlling the switch control circuit, such that the first battery set and the second battery set are connected in series or in parallel, and the first battery set and the second battery set are discharged; and
S4, the main control chip enabling the USB circuit, such that the USB circuit outputs power to charge an external device.

12. The battery pack power supply method according to claim 11 ,
wherein the battery pack power supply system further comprises a housing and a circuit board accommodated in the housing,
wherein the first battery set and the second battery set are both accommodated in the housing, and the switch control circuit, the main control chip, the wake-up circuit, the USB circuit and the self-locking circuit are all formed on the circuit board,
wherein the extended power output interface is provided on the housing and connected to the USB circuit; and the housing is further provided with a cover plate for covering the extended power output interface, the cover plate being slidably arranged to expose or cover the extended power output interface.

13. The battery pack power supply method according to claim 12 , wherein the wake-up circuit comprises a microswitch wake-up circuit, the microswitch wake-up circuit comprising a microswitch, and step S2 is specifically: when the cover plate slides to expose the extended power output interface, the cover plate synchronously triggering the microswitch such that the entire battery pack power supply system is woken up.

14. The battery pack power supply method according to claim 12 , wherein the wake-up circuit is a buttoned wake-up circuit, the buttoned wake-up circuit comprising a button provided on the housing, and step S2 further includes: waking up the entire battery pack power supply system when the button is pressed.

15. The battery pack power supply method according to claim 11 , wherein the switch control circuit is electrically connected with electronic switches, the electronic switches comprising a first switch, a second

Assignees

• Globe Jiangsu Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Huage
• Lu Chuntao
• Zhuang xian
• Li Baoan

Classifications

• H02J7/855

  with circuits adapted for supplying loads from the battery · CPC title

• H02J7/751

  concerning the insertion or the connection of the batteries · CPC title

• H02J7/90

  Regulation of charging or discharging current or voltage · CPC title

• H02J7/56 Primary

  Active balancing, e.g. using capacitor-based, inductor-based or DC-DC converters · CPC title

• H02J7/575 Primary

  Parallel/serial switching of connection of batteries to charge or load circuit · CPC title