Vehicle mutual-charging system and charging connector

• US 10,059,210 B2
• Filed: 06/30/2014
• Issued: 08/28/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: BYD Company Limited
• Original Assignee: BYD Company Limited
• Inventors: Yang, Guangming, Hu, Min
• Primary Examiner(s): Pelton, Nathaniel
• Application Number:
  US14/900,299
• Publication Number:
  US 20160368390A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,520 Days
• Field of Search: 320104, 320109
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 1/003 to auxiliary motors, e.g. for pumps, compressors
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 1/02 to electric heating circuits
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 1/14 to electric lighting circuits
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 15/007 Physical arrangements or structures of drive train converters specially adapted for the propulsion motors of electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 15/025 using field orientation; Vector control; Direct Torque Control [DTC]
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2210/40 DC to AC converters
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2220/54 Windings for different functions
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2220/56 with switched windings
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/34 Cabin temperature
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2250/16 by display
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/51 characterised by AC-motors
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/11 DC charging controlled by the charging station, e.g. mode 4
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/14 Conductive energy transfer
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/16 Connectors, e.g. plugs or sockets, specially adapted for charging electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/22 Constructional details or arrangements of charging converters specially adapted for charging electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/24 Using the vehicle's propulsion converter for charging
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/65 involving identification of vehicles or their battery types
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/342 The other DC source being a battery actively interacting with the first one, i.e. battery to battery charging with circuits for polarity protection H02J7/0034
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/44 Circuits or arrangements for compensating for electromagnetic interference in converters or inverters
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 7/537 using semiconductor devices only, e.g. single switched pulse inverters
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/64 : Electric machine technologies in electromobility
• 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 10/92 : Energy efficient charging or discharging systems for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors specially adapted for vehicles
• 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: Y02T 90/167 : Systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies for supporting the interoperability of electric or hybrid vehicles, i.e. smartgrids as interface for battery charging of electric vehicles [EV] or hybrid vehicles [HEV]
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 30/14 : Details associated with the interoperability, e.g. vehicle recognition, authentication, identification or billing

Abstract

A vehicle mutual-charging system and a charging connector are provided. The system includes: a first electric vehicle (1002) and a second electric vehicle (1003), each of the first electric vehicle (1002) and the second electric vehicle (1003) including a power battery (10), a battery manager (103), an energy control device (1005) and a charge-discharge socket (20), in which the energy control device (1005) includes: a three-level bidirectional DC-AC module (30), a charge-discharge control module (50), a control module (60); and a charging connector (1004) connected between the first electric vehicle (1002) and the second electric vehicle (1003) and including a first charging gun adaptor connected with the charge-discharge socket (20) of the first electric vehicle and a second charging gun adaptor connected with the charge-discharge socket (20) of the second electric vehicle at both ends thereof respectively.

Claims

1. An electric vehicle for mutual-charging, comprising:

a power battery, an energy control device, and a charge-discharge socket, in which the energy control device comprises;

a three-level bidirectional DC-AC module having a first DC terminal connected with a first terminal of the power battery and a second DC terminal connected with a second terminal of the power battery,

a charge-discharge control module having a first terminal connected with an AC terminal of the three-level bidirectional DC-AC module and a second terminal connected with the charge-discharge socket,

a first common-mode capacitor and a second common-mode capacitor connected in series and connected between the first terminal and the second terminal of the power battery, a node being grounded between the first common-mode capacitor and the second common-mode capacitor, and

a control module connected with a third terminal of the charge-discharge control module and configured to control the charge-discharge control module according to a current discharging/charging mode of the electric vehicle,

wherein;

the discharging/charging mode of the electric vehicle comprises;

a vehicle-to-vehicle discharging mode and a vehicle-to-vehicle charging mode;

the charge-discharge socket is configured to receive a charging gun adaptor of a vehicle-to-vehicle charging connector connecting the electric vehicle with an external electric vehicle;

when the electric vehicle is in the vehicle-to-vehicle discharging mode, the electric vehicle charges the external electric vehicle through the vehicle-to-vehicle charging connector; and

when the electric vehicle is in the vehicle-to-vehicle charging mode, the electric vehicle is charged by the external electric vehicle through the vehicle-to-vehicle charging connector.

2. The electric vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the electric vehicle and the external electric vehicle communicate with each other via the charging vehicle-to-vehicle connector.

3. The electric vehicle according to claim 1, wherein, when the electric vehicle is in the vehicle-to-vehicle discharging mode, the energy control device of the electric vehicle outputs a charging pile analog signal to the external electric vehicle via the vehicle-to-vehicle charging connector, and the energy control device controls the power battery of the electric vehicle to enter a discharging state and to provide a discharging pathway to the external electric vehicle.

4. The electric vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the energy control device further comprises a motor control switch having a first terminal connected with the AC terminal of the three-level bidirectional DC-AC module and a second terminal connected with a motor,

wherein the control module is connected with a third terminal of the motor control switch and is configured to control the motor control switch to turn off, and to control the charge-discharge control module to turn on so as to start the three-level bidirectional DC-AC module, when the electric vehicle is in the vehicle-to-vehicle discharging mode.

5. The electric vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the three-level bidirectional DC-AC module comprises:

a first capacitor and a second capacitor connected in series and connected between the first DC terminal and the second DC terminal of the three-level bidirectional DC-AC module in which a first node is defined between the first capacitor and the second capacitor;

a first IGBT and a second IGBT connected in series and connected between the first DC terminal and the second DC terminal of the three-level bidirectional DC-AC module, in which a second node is defined between the first IGBT and the second IGBT;

a third IGBT and a fourth IGBT connected in series and connected between the first node and the second node;

a fifth IGBT and a sixth IGBT connected in series and connected between the first DC terminal and the second DC terminal of the three-level bidirectional DC-AC module, in which a third node is defined between the fifth IGBT and the sixth IGBT;

a seventh IGBT and an eighth IGBT connected in series and connected between the first node and the third node;

a ninth IGBT and a tenth IGBT connected in series and connected between the first DC terminal and the second DC terminal of the three-level bidirectional DC-AC module, in which a fourth node is defined between the ninth IGBT and the tenth IGBT;

an eleventh IGBT and a twelfth IGBT connected in series and connected between the first node and the fourth node;

wherein the second node, the third node and the fourth node are configured as the AC terminal of the three-level bidirectional DC-AC module.

6. The electric vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the energy control device further comprises:

a filtering module connected between the AC terminal of the three-level bidirectional DC-AC module and the charge-discharge control module.

7. The electric vehicle according to claim 6, wherein the energy control device further comprises:

a filtering control module connected between the first node and the filtering module, in which the control module controls the filtering control module to turn off when the electric vehicle is in a driving mode.

8. The electric vehicle according to claim 7, wherein the energy control device further comprises:

an EMI-filter module connected between the charge-discharge socket and the charge-discharge control module.

9. The electric vehicle according to claim 7, wherein the energy control device further comprises:

a precharging control module connected with the charge-discharge control module in parallel and configured to charge a capacitor in the filtering module,

wherein when the current working mode of the first electric vehicle is the discharging mode, the control module controls the filtering control module to turn on and controls the precharging control module to precharge the capacitor in the filtering module until a voltage of the capacitor in the filtering module reaches a predetermined threshold, and then the control module controls the precharging control module to turn off and controls the charge-discharge control module to turn on.

10. The electric vehicle according to claim 9, wherein the charge-discharge control module further comprises:

a three-phase switch and/or a single-phase switch configured to implement a three-phase charge-discharge or a single-phase charge-discharge.

11. The electric vehicle according to claim 1, further including:

a dashboard configured to receive a vehicle-to-vehicle charging instruction and to cause the electric vehicle into the vehicle-to-vehicle charging mode,

wherein the electric vehicle transmits the vehicle-to-vehicle charging instruction to the external electric vehicle to confirm vehicle-to-vehicle charging.

12. The electric vehicle according to claim 1, wherein, when the electric vehicle is in the vehicle-to-vehicle charging mode, the electric vehicle receives a charging pile analog signal from the external electric vehicle via the vehicle-to-vehicle charging connector, and the energy control device controls the power battery of the electric vehicle to enter a charging state and to provide a charging pathway to the external electric vehicle.

13. The electric vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the charge-discharge socket is capable of switching between a United States standard charging socket and a European standard charging socket, the United States standard charging socket is a single-phase charging socket and the European standard charging socket is a three-phase charging socket.