Charging device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9350179-B2
Application number	US-201313898687-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 21, 2013
Priority date	May 21, 2012
Publication date	May 24, 2016
Grant date	May 24, 2016

Abstract

A charging device for a battery of a vehicle includes an insulation resistance detecting circuit, a charging circuit, a leak current detecting circuit and a decoupling circuit. The insulation resistance detecting circuit includes a coupling capacitor, and is disposed between the battery and a vehicle body for detecting an insulation resistance between the battery and the vehicle body. The charging circuit converts an alternating current supplied from an alternating current source into a direct current and charges the battery in a state without insulting the input terminal and the output terminal and in a state where the vehicle body is coupled to an earth. The leak current detecting circuit detects a leak current between the charging circuit and the earth. The decoupling circuit decouples the insulation resistance detecting circuit from one of the battery and the vehicle body during a charging of the battery.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A charging device for charging a battery of a vehicle, the charging device comprising:
an insulation resistance detecting circuit including a coupling capacitor, the insulation resistance detecting circuit being disposed between the battery and a vehicle body for detecting an insulation resistance between the battery and the vehicle body;
a charging circuit having an input terminal to be coupled to an alternating current source and an output terminal to be coupled to the battery, the charging circuit converting an alternating current supplied from the alternating current source into a direct current and charging the battery in a state without insulating the input terminal and the output terminal and in a state where the vehicle body is coupled to an earth;
a leak current detecting circuit being coupled to the charging circuit, the leak current detecting circuit detecting a leak current flowing between the charging circuit and the earth;
a decoupling circuit coupling and decoupling the insulation resistance detecting circuit to and from the battery; and
a control circuit controlling the decoupling circuit, wherein:
the insulation resistance detecting circuit is configured so that a current flows from the battery to the vehicle body through the coupling capacitor in a state where the insulation resistance detecting circuit is coupled to the battery through the decoupling circuit, and
the control circuit controls the decoupling circuit to decouple the insulation resistance detecting circuit from the battery so that the coupling capacitor is decoupled from the battery to prohibit the electric current from the battery to the vehicle body through the coupling capacitor, when the charging circuit is coupled to the alternating current source to charge the battery.

2. The charging device according to claim 1 , wherein
the charging circuit includes a power converter that supplies electric power to a motor of the vehicle.

3. The charging device according to claim 1 , wherein
the charging circuit includes a power converter that supplies electric power to a motor that drives a compressor of the vehicle.

4. The charging device according to claim 1 , wherein
the charging circuit stops the charging of the battery when the leak current detected by the leak current detecting circuit is greater than a reference current.

5. The charging device according to claim 1 , wherein
the insulation resistance detecting circuit detects the insulation resistance before the charging of the battery, and
the charging circuit prevents the charging of the battery when the insulation resistance detected by the insulation resistance detecting circuit before the charging is less than a reference insulation resistance.

6. The charging device according to claim 1 , wherein
the charging circuit stops the charging of the battery when the charging is not completed in a predetermined time period from a beginning of the charging.

Assignees

• Denso Corp

Inventors

• Ando Shinji
• Iyasu Seiji
• Onimaru Sadahisa
• Obayashi Kazuyoshi

Classifications

• B60L2240/547

  Voltage · CPC title

• B60L2220/56

  with switched windings · CPC title

• B60L15/007

  Physical arrangements or structures of drive train converters specially adapted for the propulsion motors of electric vehicles · CPC title

• Y02T10/7072

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

• B60L2220/54

  Windings for different functions · CPC title