Portable power electronic switching device for charging electric vehicles between each other

• US 10,406,924 B2
• Filed: 09/05/2017
• Issued: 09/10/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bollinger Motors, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Bordrin Motor Corporation, Inc.
• Inventors: Sun, Xiaobo, Zhang, Zhiwei
• Primary Examiner(s): Pelton, Nathaniel R
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hernandez, Manuel
• Application Number:
  US15/695,175
• Publication Number:
  US 20190070966A1
• Time in Patent Office: 735 Days
• Field of Search: 320103, 320104, 320105, 320140, 320DIG 34
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2210/10 DC to DC converters
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2210/30 AC to DC converters
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2210/40 DC to AC converters
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/14 Conductive energy transfer
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/20 characterised by converters located in the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/22 Constructional details or arrangements of charging converters specially adapted for charging electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2207/20 Charging or discharging characterised by the power electronics converter
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0068 Battery or charger load switching, e.g. concurrent charging and load supply H02J7/0013 takes precedence
• 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 1/007 Plural converter units in cascade push-pull DC/DC converters with pre-regulator H02M3/3374; DC-AC converters following a DC-DC stage including a high frequency transformer H02M7/4807; DC-AC converters following a DC-DC conversion stage generating periodically varying voltages H02M7/4826
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/33573 Full-bridge at primary side of an isolation transformer
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 7/53871 with automatic control of output voltage or current
• 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 10/72 Electric energy management in electromobility
• 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

Abstract

A portable power electronic switching apparatus may include an input end high-voltage connector, a DC-DC converter circuit, an input end transfer switch, a first inverter circuit, a direct-current output end high-voltage connector, an alternating-current output end high-voltage connector, and a conversion controller, where the input end high-voltage connector may be connected to an input end of the DC-DC converter circuit, an output end of the DC-DC converter circuit may be separately connected to an input end of the first inverter circuit and the direct-current output end high-voltage connector by using the input end transfer switch. An output end of the first inverter circuit may be connected to the alternating-current output end high-voltage connector. The conversion controller may be connected to the first inverter circuit by using a first switch drive circuit, and the conversion controller may be connected to the DC-DC converter circuit by using a transformation ratio switch controller and a second switch drive circuit separately.

Claims

1. A portable power electronic switching apparatus configured to charge a battery of a second electric vehicle using energy from a battery of a first electric vehicle, wherein the battery of the first electric vehicle powers the first electric vehicle and the battery of the second electric vehicle powers the second electric vehicle, the apparatus comprising:

an input end connector, wherein the input end of the connector is configured to be connected to the first electric vehicle having the battery,

a DC-DC converter circuit,

an input end transfer switch,

a first inverter circuit having full-bridge inverter circuit comprising four insulated-gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs) forming a full bridge circuit,

a direct-current output end connector, wherein the direct-current output end connector is configured to be connected to the second electric vehicle, allowing for the transfer of energy from the battery of the first electric vehicle to the battery of the second electric vehicle,

an alternating-current output end connector,

a conversion controller, the conversion controller is connected to the first inverter circuit by using a first switch drive circuit;

wherein the input end connector is connected to an input end of the DC-DC converter circuit,

an output end of the DC-DC converter circuit is separately connected to an input end of the first inverter circuit and the direct-current output end connector by using the input end transfer switch,

an output end of the first inverter circuit is connected to the alternating-current output end connector,

a transformation ratio switch controller connected to both the DC-DC converter circuit and the conversion controller,

a second switch drive circuit connected to both the DC-DC converter circuit and the conversion controller,

wherein the DC-DC converter circuit comprises;

a second inverter circuit, a voltage regulating transformer, and a rectifier circuit that are sequentially connected,

wherein the rectifier circuit is a diode bridge rectifier,

an input end of the second inverter circuit is connected to the input end connector,

an output end of the rectifier circuit is connected to the input end transfer switch,

the conversion controller is connected to the voltage regulating transformer by using the transformation ratio switch controller, and

the conversion controller is connected to the second inverter circuit by using the second switch drive circuit, and

a first filter circuit, the first filter circuit connects the rectifier circuit to the first inverter circuit.

2. The portable power electronic switching apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a full-bridge inverter circuit comprising four insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs) is used as the second inverter circuit.

3. The portable power electronic switching apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a voltage detection sensor and an input end switch,

the input end connector is connected to the input end of the DC-DC converter circuit by using the input end switch,

the voltage detection sensor is disposed between the input end connector and the input end switch, and

the conversion controller is separately connected to the voltage detection sensor and the input end switch.

4. The portable power electronic switching apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a second filter circuit, and the input end connector is connected to the input end of the DC-DC converter circuit by using the second filter circuit.

5. The portable power electronic switching apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a third filter circuit,

the input end transfer switch is connected to the direct-current output end connector by using the third filter circuit.

6. The portable power electronic switching apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the conversion controller is connected to a liquid crystal display screen.

7. The portable power electronic switching apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a timer and a working status display lamp that are separately connected to the conversion controller.

8. The portable power electronic switching apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a connection cable, and the input end connector,

the direct-current output end connector, and

the alternating-current output end connector are separately connected to a charging interface of the first or second electric vehicle by using the connection cable.