Data connection system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024092214-A1
Application number	US-202318467545-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 14, 2023
Priority date	Sep 15, 2022
Publication date	Mar 21, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

A data connection system for a vehicle is provided. The data connection system comprises an electrical charging station for the vehicle, a first adapter in the charging station, a second adapter in the vehicle, and a connection to a network. The first adapter, in operation, converts digital signals from the network into analog signals. The data connection system, in operation, relays the analog signals from the first adapter to the second adapter. The second adapter, in operation, converts the analog signals into digital signals and provides the analog signals to at least one device of the vehicle.

First claim

1 . A data connection system for a vehicle, comprising:
an electrical charging station for the vehicle; a first adapter in the charging station; and a second adapter in the vehicle, wherein the charging station includes a connection to a network, wherein the first adapter, in operation, converts digital signals from the network into analog signals, wherein the data connection system, in operation, relays the analog signals from the first adapter to the second adapter, and wherein the second adapter, in operation, converts the analog signals into the digital signals and provides the digital signals to at least one device of the vehicle.

2 . The data connection system according to claim 1 , wherein the second adapter, in operation, converts second digital signals of the at least one device of the vehicle into second analog signals, wherein a data connection module, in operation, relays the second analog signals from the second adapter to the first adapter, wherein the first adapter, in operation, converts the second analog signals into the second digital signals and provides the second digital signals to the network.

3 . The data connection system according to claim 1 , comprising at least one data connection module that is part of a charging cable, wherein the at least one data connection module, in operation, transfers electrical energy from the charging station to a battery of the vehicle, or wherein the analog signals are relayed between the first adapter and the second adapter in a radio-supported manner.

4 . The data connection system according to claim 3 , wherein the at least one data connection module includes an energy transmission line of the charging cable that, in operation, transmits a current of the electrical energy from the charging station to the battery of the vehicle, or wherein the at least one data connection module includes an additional data line integrated in the charging cable with the energy transmission line.

5 . The data connection system according to claim 1 , wherein the first adapter and the second adapter are powerline adapters.

6 . A method for exchanging data between a vehicle and a network, the method comprising:
providing a data connection system, wherein the data connection system includes an electrical charging station for the vehicle, a first adapter in the charging station, a second adapter in the vehicle, and a connection to a network; converting, by the first adapter, digital signals from the network into analog signals; relaying the analog signals from the first adapter to the second adapter; converting, by the second adapter, the analog signals into the digital signals; and providing, by the second adapter, the digital signals to at least one device of the vehicle.

7 . The method according to claim 6 , further comprising:
converting, by the second adapter, second digital signals of the at least one device of the vehicle into second analog signals; relaying the second analog signals from the second adapter to the first adapter; converting, by the first adapter, the second analog signals into the second digital signals; and providing, by the first adapter, the second digital signals to the network.

8 . The method according to claim 6 , further comprising:
transferring electrical energy from the charging station via a charging cable to a battery of the vehicle; and modulating the analog signals onto a current that flows between the charging station and the vehicle by the transferring.

9 . The method according to claim 8 , further comprising:
filtering the analog signals from the current.

10 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein data are exchanged between the vehicle and the Internet as the network.

Assignees

• Audi Ag

Inventors

• Gronau Hendrik
• Ross Tobias

Classifications

• H04B3/542

  the information being in digital form · CPC title

• B60L53/66 Primary

  Data transfer between charging stations and vehicles · CPC title

• B60L53/18 Primary

  Cables specially adapted for charging electric vehicles · CPC title

• Y02T10/7072

  Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors · CPC title

• Y02T10/70

  Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries · CPC title