Active symmetrization via insulation monitoring for electrical vehicle interoperability with charging stations

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11971443-B2
Application number	US-202217651496-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 17, 2022
Priority date	Mar 5, 2021
Publication date	Apr 30, 2024
Grant date	Apr 30, 2024

Abstract

An electric vehicle charging system is provided. In some embodiments, the electric vehicle charging system can comprise an electric vehicle comprising a direct current to direct current (DC-DC) booster that boosts a first voltage to a second voltage of a battery of the electric vehicle, and a first insulation monitoring device (IMD) comprising an active symmetrization circuit. In various embodiments, the electric vehicle charging system can further comprise an electric vehicle supply equipment comprising a second IMD and an output voltage comprising the first voltage, wherein the first IMD is communicatively coupled to the second IMD, and wherein the first IMD adjusts a third voltage on a negative side of insulation resistance of the electric vehicle to a fourth voltage on a negative side of insulation resistance of the electric vehicle supply equipment.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electric vehicle, comprising:
a non-isolated direct current to direct current (DC-DC) booster that boosts a first voltage of a charging station to a second voltage of a battery of the electric vehicle;
a first insulation monitoring device (IMD) comprising an active symmetrization circuit, a resistor, a switch that closes or opens to enable or disable the resistor, and a first contactor on a positive connection and a second contactor on a negative connection ( 126 ),
wherein the first IMD is communicatively coupled to a second IMD of the charging station through the first contactor and the second contactor, and receives data indicative of a fourth voltage on a negative side of insulation resistance of the charging station from the second IMD,
wherein the first IMD adjusts a third voltage on a negative side of insulation resistance of the electric vehicle to the fourth voltage by opening or closing the switch, and
wherein the first contactor and the second contactor close after the third voltage matches the fourth voltage.

2. The electric vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the first IMD and the second IMD communicate according to a defined charging standard.

3. The electric vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the first IMD further comprises a voltage sensor that measures the third voltage.

4. The electric vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the switch opens or closes according to a defined frequency.

5. The electric vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the switch opens or closes according to a defined duty ratio.

6. The electric vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the first IMD determines a difference between the third voltage and the fourth voltage.

7. The electric vehicle of claim 6 , wherein the first IMD, in response to determining the difference, balances the third voltage to the fourth voltage by opening or closing the switch, wherein the first contactor and second contactor close after the third voltage matches the fourth voltage.

8. The electric vehicle of claim 7 , wherein the balancing comprising periodically opening and closing the switch that closes or opens to enable or disable the resistor.

9. The electric vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the first IMD adjusts voltage sharing between a fifth voltage on a positive side of insulation resistance of the electric vehicle and the fourth voltage on the negative side of insulation resistance of the electric vehicle.

10. The electric vehicle of claim 9 , wherein the fifth voltage is increased and the fourth voltage is decreased to match the third voltage to the fourth voltage.

11. The electric vehicle of claim 9 , wherein the first voltage is 800 volts.

12. The electric vehicle of claim 9 , wherein the second voltage is 400 volts.

13. A method, comprising:
providing a non-isolated direct current to direct current (DC-DC) booster that boosts a first voltage of a charging station to a second voltage of a battery of an electric vehicle;
providing a first contactor on a positive connection and a second contactor on a negative connection;
coupling a first insulation monitoring device (IMD) of the electric vehicle to a second IMD of the charging station through the first contactor and the second contactor, the first IMD comprising a processor, an active symmetrization circuit, a resistor, and a switch that closes or opens to enable or disable the resistor;
determining, by the first IMD a difference between a third voltage of a negative side of insulation resistance of an electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) and a fourth voltage of a negative side of insulation resistance of the electric vehicle received from the second IMD; and
in response to determining the difference, balancing the third voltage to the fourth voltage by opening or closing the switch by the first IMD, wherein the first contactor and second contactor close after the third voltage matches the fourth voltage.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the balancing comprising periodically opening and closing, by the first IMD, the switch that closes or opens to enable or disable the resistor of the insulation monitoring device.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the switch opens or closes according to a defined frequency.

16. The method of claim 13 , wherein the switch opens or closes according to a defined duty ratio.

17. The method of claim 13 , wherein the first IMD and the second IMD communicate according to a defined charging standard.

18. The method of claim 13 , wherein the first IMD further comprises a voltage sensor that measures the third voltage.

19. The method of claim 13 , wherein the first IMD adjusts voltage sharing between a fifth voltage on a positive side of insulation resistance of the electric vehicle and the fourth voltage on the negative side of insulation resistance of the electric vehicle.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the fifth voltage is increased and the fourth voltage is decreased to match the third voltage to the fourth voltage.

Assignees

• Volvo Car Corp

Inventors

• Saglam Ustun
• Gannamaneni Narendar Rao

Classifications

• H02J7/40

  characterised by the exchange of charge or discharge related data · CPC title

• G01R31/1272 Primary

  of cable, line or wire insulation, e.g. using partial discharge measurements (locating faults in cables G01R31/083) · CPC title

• B60L53/22 Primary

  Constructional details or arrangements of charging converters specially adapted for charging electric vehicles · CPC title

• B60L53/62

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

• H02J7/00032

  Electricity · mapped topic