Supply network component for a supply network

• US 10,008,869 B2
• Filed: 08/28/2014
• Issued: 06/26/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Unicorn Energy GmbH
• Original Assignee: Unicorn Energy GmbH
• Inventors: Doerndorfer, Johannes
• Primary Examiner(s): Fantu, Yalkew
• Application Number:
  US14/471,820
• Publication Number:
  US 20150042285A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,398 Days
• Field of Search: 320127
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/63 in response to network capacity
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/80 Exchanging energy storage elements, e.g. removable batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/425 Structural combination with electronic components, e.g. electronic circuits integrated to the outside of the casing printed circuits H05K1/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/46 Accumulators structurally combined with charging apparatus circuits for charging H02J7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/482 for several batteries or cells simultaneously or sequentially
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 2010/4271 Battery management systems including electronic circuits, e.g. control of current or voltage to keep battery in healthy state, cell balancing
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 2010/4278 Systems for data transfer from batteries, e.g. transfer of battery parameters to a controller, data transferred between battery controller and main controller
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 2220/10 Batteries in stationary systems, e.g. emergency power source in plant
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 2220/20 Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/213 adapted for cells having curved cross-section, e.g. round or elliptic H01M50/209, H01M50/216 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/251 specially adapted for stationary devices, e.g. power plant buffering or backup power supplies
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/296 characterised by terminals of battery packs terminals of batteries H01M50/543
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0042 characterised by the mechanical construction
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/00 Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/7072 Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/12 Electric charging stations
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/14 Plug-in electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/16 Information or communication technologies improving the operation of electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 10/126 : the energy generation units being or involving electric vehicles [EV] or hybrid vehicles [HEV], i.e. power aggregation of EV or HEV, vehicle to grid arrangements [V2G]

Abstract

The present invention relates to a supply network component for a supply network for a network medium, comprising at least one contact unit for contacting a further supply network component of the supply network, a functional group having at least one functional unit, and at least one coupling unit for coupling the at least one contact unit to the functional group, wherein the at least one contact unit has a communication interface for communicating with a further supply network component of the supply network and a transport interface for transporting the network medium to a further supply network component. The present invention furthermore relates to an energy storage block comprising a plurality of the proposed supply network components.

Claims

1. An energy storing component for a supply network for electrical energy as a network medium, comprising:

at least one contact unit for contacting a further energy storing component of the supply network;

an energy store comprising at least one battery cell, and

at least one gateway for coupling the at least one contact unit with the energy store,

wherein the at least one contact unit has a communication interface for communicating with a further energy storing component of the supply network and a transport interface for transporting the electrical energy to the further energy storing component;

wherein the energy storing component comprises at least one switch for separating the energy store from the network medium, the energy storing component being configured to cooperate with the communication interface such that the energy storing component is separated from the network medium in response to an autonomous identification of incompatibility of the energy storing component with the present supply network.

2. The energy storing component as claimed in claim 1, wherein the gateway has a controlling device for controlling the energy store.

3. The energy storing component as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one contact unit furthermore has an auxiliary voltage interface for transmitting an auxiliary voltage for supplying at least one of the contact unit or the gateway with electrical energy.

4. The energy storing component as claimed in claim 3, wherein the auxiliary voltage interface is designed in a coaxial fashion with respect to the transport interface.

5. The energy storing component as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transport interface transmits the electrical energy in the form of a direct current.

6. The energy storing component as claimed in claim 1, wherein the energy store has twelve functional units each designed as a lithium cell.

7. The energy storing component as claimed in claim 1, wherein the energy store has at least one direct current converter.

8. The energy storing component as claimed in claim 7, wherein the energy store has a plurality of energy stores, wherein a respective direct current converter is assigned to each energy store.

9. The energy storing component as claimed in claim 1, wherein the energy storing component comprises at least one sensor for detecting a physical parameter of the functional group.

10. The energy storing component as claimed in claim 9, wherein the parameter is a voltage, a current or a temperature of the at least one energy store.

11. The energy storing component as claimed in claim 1, wherein the energy storing component comprises at least one sensor for detecting an ambient temperature of the energy storing component or an acceleration of the energy storing component.

12. The energy storing component as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one contact unit is connected to the energy store by means of at least one permanent magnet.

13. The energy storing component as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the communication interface or the transport interface is designed in a rotationally symmetrical fashion.

14. The energy storing component as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transport interface of one of the at least one contact unit is provided using spring contact pins.

15. The energy storing component as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transport interface of one of the at least one contact unit is provided by means of two ring-shaped, coaxial contacts.

16. The energy storing component as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transport interface of the at least one contact unit has insulating webs between individual contacts.

17. The energy storing component as claimed in claim 1, wherein the communication interface is a wireless communication interface.

18. The energy storing component as claimed in claim 17, wherein the communication interface is an RFID communication interface.

19. The energy storing component as claimed in claim 1, wherein the energy storing component comprises an at least partly rewritable memory.

20. The energy storing component as claimed in claim 1, wherein the energy storing component comprises at least one partial element of an antitheft protection system.

21. The energy storing component as claimed in claim 1, wherein the energy storing component comprises at least one first and one second contact unit, wherein the first contact unit is designed in the form of a plug and the second contact unit is designed in the form of a socket.

22. The energy storing component as claimed in claim 1, wherein the energy storing component comprises an identification unit, which unambiguously identifies the supply network component.

23. The energy storing component as claimed in claim 1, wherein an assignment of the energy storing component to a user group is stored in a memory of the energy storing component.

24. The energy storing component as claimed in claim 2, wherein the controlling device is designed in such a way that it separates the energy store from the network medium in the event of a failure of the communication interface.

25. The energy storing component as claimed in claim 1, wherein the energy storing component comprises a housing having substantially a form of a cylinder, wherein the energy storing component comprises a first and a second contact unit, wherein which form a base surface and a top surface of the cylinder, respectively.

26. The energy storing component as claimed in claim 1, wherein the energy storing component is configured to cooperate with the communication interface such that the energy storing component is switched on in response to an autonomous identification of compatibility of the energy storing component with the present supply network.

27. An energy storage block for a supply network for electrical energy as a network medium, wherein the energy storage block comprises:

a plurality of energy storing components for a supply network for electrical energy as a network medium, each supply network component comprising;

at least one contact unit for contacting a further energy storing component of the supply network,

an energy store comprising at least one battery cell, and

at least one gateway for coupling the at least one contact unit with the energy store,

wherein the at least one contact unit has a communication interface for communicating with a further energy storing component of the supply network and a transport interface for transporting the electrical energy to the further energy storing component, wherein the plurality of supply network components are connected in parallel or in series with one another;

wherein each of the energy storing components comprises at least one switch for separating its respective energy store from the network medium, each of the energy storing components being configured to cooperate with the communication interface such that the respective energy storing component is separated from the network medium in response to an autonomous identification of incompatibility of the respective energy storing component with the present supply network.

28. The energy storing block as claimed in claim 27, wherein each of the energy storing components are configured to cooperate with the communication interface such that the respective energy storing component is switched on in response to an autonomous identification of compatibility of the respective energy storing component with the present supply network.