Multiple voltages DC battery power supply system

• US 20050118465A1
• Filed: 11/06/2004
• Published: 06/02/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Doob LLC
• Original Assignee: Doob LLC
• Inventors: Dubinin, Yuriy
• Application Number:
  US10/982,623
• Publication Number:
  US 20050118465A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 429/9
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 2400/14 Power supply for engine control systems
• CPC Class Codes: F02N 11/0866 comprising several power sources, e.g. battery and capacitor or two batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 16/00 Structural combinations of different types of electrochemical generators

Abstract

A multiple voltage battery power supply system for operating a plurality of electrical vehicle loads at select voltage output levels is provided. The battery power supply system generally comprises at least two power blocks, each power block providing a voltage output for operating electrical vehicle loads. The at least two electrical power blocks are cascaded in series to provide a plurality of voltage output levels for powering vehicle loads at various rated voltages. Each power block independently maintains a substantially constant voltage, while the series combination of each power block also maintains a substantially constant voltage output across selected groups of blocks.

Claims

1. A multiple voltage battery power supply system for operating a plurality of vehicle electrical loads at selected voltage output levels, the system comprising:

a first power block providing a first voltage output for operating vehicle electrical loads at a first voltage level;

a second power block connected in series with the first power block and substantially electrically similar to the first power block, the second power block providing a second voltage output independent from the first voltage output for operating vehicle electrical loads at a second voltage level;

wherein each power block independently maintains a substantially constant voltage at each corresponding voltage output and the series combination of each power block maintains a substantially constant third voltage output across both the first and second power blocks for operating vehicle loads at a third voltage level.

2. The system according to claim 1 further comprising at least one additional power block connected in series with the second power block and substantially electrically similar to the second power block, the at least one additional power block providing at least one additional independent constant voltage output enabling the system to operate vehicle electrical loads at at least three additional voltage levels.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the first voltage output is equal in value to the second voltage output.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the first voltage output differs in value from the second voltage output.

5. The system according to claim 2, wherein the at least one additional voltage output is equal in value to either the first or second voltage output, or both.

6. The system according to claim 2, wherein the at least one additional voltage output differs in value from either the first or second voltage output, or both.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein each block comprises at least one battery electrically coupled in parallel with at least one alternator and a voltage regulator.

8. The system according to claim 7, wherein each alternator comprises a three-phase alternating current generator and a full wave rectifier, the three-phase alternating current generator having power windings and field windings, the power windings being coupled to the full wave rectifier and the field windings being coupled to the voltage regulator such that the voltage regulator monitors the corresponding voltage of each battery and adjusts the voltage and current correspondently in each field winding accordingly so that the alternator continuously charges each battery allowing each battery to maintain its rated voltage and provides required power to the vehicle electrical loads.

9. The system according to claim 1, where in virtually any required DC multiple voltages electric power supply system, consisted of the connected in series blocks, where each block contains required block voltage and power connected in parallel DC electric power generating and accumulating sources or at least one battery and at least one DC generator (alternator) with isolated from its body positive and negative output terminals and voltage regulator powered from the block voltage and feeding the DC generator (alternator) field winding maintaining the required block voltage, with the electrical loads connected in circuits to any single block or to any series of said blocks or both, with only one grounded output pole (terminal) of only one of two blocks not connected to other blocks with both output poles (terminals), in case negative pole is required to be grounded the said block can comprise regular DC generator (alternator) with negative pole grounded to the alternator body providing the block grounding.