Charging control device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11824382-B2
Application number	US-202117318162-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 12, 2021
Priority date	May 19, 2020
Publication date	Nov 21, 2023
Grant date	Nov 21, 2023

Abstract

A charging control device including: a first and second electrode supply path; a voltage measurement circuit configured to measure a voltage between the first and second electrode side supply paths; a first and second electrode side relays on the first and second electrode side supply paths which are located closer to the battery than the voltage measurement circuit; a series circuit of a resistor and a resistance regulation relay, the series circuit being connected in parallel to the voltage measurement circuit; and a controller configured to control opening and closing the first electrode side relay, the second electrode side relay and the resistance regulation relay, wherein the controller is configured to control the resistance regulation relay to be closed when performing welding determination of the first electrode side relay and/or the second electrode side relay.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A charging system comprising:
an ungrounded charging installation configured to switch on/off supplying power;
an ungrounded charging control device connected to the charging installation; and
a battery provided in a vehicle that is charged by the charging installation,
wherein the charging control device includes:
a first electrode side supply path and a second electrode supply path which form a supply path from the charging installation to the battery;
a voltage measurement circuit configured to measure a voltage between the first electrode side supply path and the second electrode side supply path;
a first electrode side relay on the first electrode side supply path, the first electrode side relay being located closer to the battery than the voltage measurement circuit;
a second electrode side relay on the second electrode side supply path, the second electrode side relay being located closer to the battery than the voltage measurement circuit;
a series circuit of a resistor and a resistance regulation relay, the series circuit being connected in parallel to the voltage measurement circuit, the resistor adjusting a voltage division ratio between insulation resistance of the charging installation and the charging control device and the voltage measurement circuit; and
a controller configured to control opening and closing the first electrode side relay, the second electrode side relay and the resistance regulation relay,
wherein the controller is configured to control the resistance regulation relay to be closed while the charging installation switches off supplying power when performing welding determination of the first electrode side relay and/or the second electrode side relay.

2. The charging system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the controller is configured to control the resistance regulation relay to be opened when charging the battery from the charging installation.

3. The charging system according to claim 1 ,
wherein an emitting side of a photocoupler is connected in series to the series circuit, and
wherein the controller is configured to detect a received optical signal of the photocoupler in order to perform a fault determination of the resistance regulation relay.

4. The system device according to claim 2 ,
wherein an emitting side of a photocoupler is connected in series to the series circuit, and
wherein the controller is configured to detect a received optical signal of the photocoupler in order to perform a fault determination of the resistance regulation relay.

5. The charging system according to claim 1 ,
wherein in the welding determination, the controller is configured to detect welding of one of the first electrode side relay and second electrode side relay based on a measured value of the voltage measurement circuit when another of the first and second electrode side relays is controlled to be closed.

6. The charging system according to claim 2 ,
wherein in the welding determination, the controller is configured to detect welding of one of the first electrode side relay and second electrode side relay based on a measured value of the voltage measurement circuit when another of the first and second electrode side relays is controlled to be closed.

7. The charging system according to claim 3 ,
wherein in the welding determination, the controller is configured to detect welding of one of the first electrode side relay and second electrode side relay based on a measured value of the voltage measurement circuit when another of the first and second electrode side relays is controlled to be closed.

8. The charging system according to claim 4 ,
wherein in the welding determination, the controller is configured to detect welding of one of the first electrode side relay and second electrode side relay based on a measured value of the voltage measurement circuit when another of the first and second electrode side relays is controlled to be closed.

Assignees

• Yazaki Corp

Inventors

• Yoshida Haruhiko
• Wakasugi Yasutaka
• Yamamoto Kyohei

Classifications

• H02J7/60 Primary

  including safety or protection arrangements · CPC title

• H02J7/0029 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01H47/002

  Monitoring or fail-safe circuits · CPC title

• B60L53/62 Primary

  in response to charging parameters, e.g. current, voltage or electrical charge · CPC title

• B60L3/0023 Primary

  Detecting, eliminating, remedying or compensating for drive train abnormalities, e.g. failures within the drive train · CPC title