Vehicle on-board electrical network switch for motor vehicles, on-board electrical network for motor vehicles and method for operating an on-board electrical network switch for motor vehicles

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11840182-B2
Application number	US-202118009511-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 31, 2021
Priority date	Jun 10, 2020
Publication date	Dec 12, 2023
Grant date	Dec 12, 2023

Abstract

Motor vehicle on-board electrical network switch having at least two inputs for a respective one of at least two on-board power supplies, at least one output for a load of the motor vehicle, at least two switches, a first switch being disposed between a first of the inputs and a common node, and a second switch being disposed between a second of the inputs and the common node, and the output being electrically connected to the common node, wherein the switches are formed as semiconductor switches and are respectively connected with their body diodes in forward direction towards the common node, characterized in that a monitoring circuit monitors a first voltage at the first input and/or a second voltage at the second input and/or a voltage at the common node, and in that the monitoring circuit causes an opening signal for simultaneous opening of both switches depending on an amount of at least one of the monitored voltages.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. Motor vehicle on-board electrical network switch comprising:
at least two inputs for respectively one of at least two on-board power supplies;
at least one output for a load of the motor vehicle;
a first switch disposed between a first of the inputs and a common node;
a second switch disposed between a second of said inputs and said common node;
wherein the at least one output is electrically connected to the common node,
wherein the first and second switches are semiconductor switches and are respectively connected with their body diodes in forward direction towards the common node,
wherein a monitoring circuit monitors a first voltage at the first input and/or a second voltage at the second input and/or a voltage at the common node, and in that the monitoring circuit triggers an opening signal for simultaneous opening of both switches as a function of a magnitude of at least one of the monitored voltages.

2. Motor vehicle on-board electrical network switch according to claim 1 , wherein the monitoring circuit triggers the opening signal when at least one of the voltages falls below a limit value.

3. Motor vehicle on-board electrical network switch according to claim 1 , wherein the monitoring circuit triggers the opening signal in the event of a short circuit at at least one of the inputs.

4. Motor vehicle on-board electrical network switch according to claim 1 , wherein the monitoring circuit compares at least one of the voltages with a comparison potential, in particular a ground potential.

5. Motor vehicle on-board electrical network switch according to claim 1 , wherein the monitoring circuit evaluates a respective state of a part of the vehicle electrical network at the first input and of a part of the vehicle electrical network at the second input immediately after the opening signal is triggered and, depending on the evaluation, triggers a closing signal for one, preferably only the first or only the second switch.

6. Motor vehicle on-board electrical network switch according to claim 5 , wherein the monitoring circuit evaluates a mains impedance and/or a voltage and/or an impulse response at the part of the vehicle electrical network at the first input and the part of the vehicle electrical network at the second input.

7. Motor vehicle on-board electrical network switch according to claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor switches are dimensioned in such a way that a voltage drop at a respective body diode after the switch is opened is less than 1V, preferably less than 0.7V.

8. Motor vehicle on-board electrical network switch according to claim 1 , wherein the monitoring circuit is configured to trigger the closing signal within 100 ms, preferably 40 ms, after the opening signal.

9. Motor vehicle on-board electrical network switch according to claim 1 , wherein after opening of the switches, the output is conductively connected to the first and second inputs via the respective body diodes, and the body diodes enable a current flow from the respective input to the output.

10. Motor vehicle on-board electrical network switch according to claim 1 , wherein after opening of the switches, the output is conductively connected to the first and the second input via the respective body diodes and the body diodes block a current flow from the output to the respective input.

11. Motor vehicle on-board electrical network switch according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the semiconductor switches is connected with a variable switching characteristic, in particular in that the switching characteristic is dependent on a load at the output.

12. Motor vehicle on-board electrical network switch according to claim 1 , wherein a safety-relevant load is connected to the output.

13. Motor vehicle on-board electrical network switch according to claim 1 , wherein the output is short-circuited to the common node.

14. Motor vehicle electrical network comprising:
a motor vehicle on-board electrical network switch according to claim 1 ;
a first on-board electrical power supply connected to the first input;
a second on-board electrical power supply connected to the second input; and
a safety-relevant load connected to the output.

15. Method of operating a motor vehicle on-board electrical network switch according to claim 1 , comprising:
monitoring a first voltage at the first input and/or a second voltage at the second input and/or a voltage at the common node and, depending on a magnitude of at least one of the monitored voltages, both switches are opened simultaneously,
wherein, after the simultaneous opening of the two switches, the body diodes of the two switches connect a respective potential of the on-board electrical network to the output in the forward direction,
wherein, after the simultaneous opening of the two switches, the electrical state of the two on-board power supplies is evaluated and, depending on the evaluation, one of the two switches is closed.

Assignees

• Auto Kabel Man Gmbh

Inventors

• Cacciatore David
• Tazarine Wacim

Classifications

• H02J2105/33

  exchanging power with road vehicles · CPC title

• H02J7/60

  including safety or protection arrangements · CPC title

• B60R16/033 Primary

  characterised by the use of electrical cells or batteries (for propulsion puposes B60K1/04; supplying batteries to, or removing batteries from, vehicles B60S5/06; testing of charge state G01R31/36) · CPC title

• B60L3/0046

  relating to electric energy storage systems, e.g. batteries or capacitors · CPC title

• B60L58/20

  having different nominal voltages · CPC title