CHARGING SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE

• US 20100231164A1
• Filed: 06/09/2009
• Published: 09/16/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Moog Incorporated
• Original Assignee: LS Industrial Systems Company Limited
• Inventors: Yang, Chun Suk
• Application Number:
  US12/481,531
• Publication Number:
  US 20100231164A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 320/109
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2210/30 AC to DC converters
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/529 Current
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/52 characterised by DC-motors
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/53 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 10/72 Electric energy management in electromobility
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/12 Electric charging stations
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/14 Plug-in electric vehicles

Abstract

An electric vehicle charging system is disclosed, wherein the electric vehicle charging system comprises: a station battery bank storing electric energy; a station battery charging unit changing an AC signal to a DC signal that is supplied for the station battery bank; and a vehicle charging unit charging an electric vehicle with the DC signal from the station battery bank.

Claims

1. An electric vehicle charging system, comprising:

a station battery bank storing electric energy;

a station battery charging unit changing an AC signal to a DC signal that is supplied for the station battery bank; and

a vehicle charging unit charging an electric vehicle with the DC signal from the station battery bank.

2. The electric vehicle charging system of claim 1, further comprising an AC switching unit receiving the AC signal to transfer the AC signal to the station battery charging unit.

3. The electric vehicle charging system of claim 2, further comprising an DC switching unit transferring the DC signal from the station battery charging unit to a vehicle charging unit.

4. The electric vehicle charging system of claim 3, wherein the vehicle charging unit includes at least two vehicle chargers of charging two or more vehicles at one time.

5. The electric vehicle charging system of claim 4, wherein the DC switching unit includes a plurality of DC switches that respectively corresponds to the vehicle chargers.

6. An electric vehicle charging system, comprising:

a station battery bank storing electric energy;

a first switching unit transferring a first electric signal from the external;

a station battery charging unit changing the second electric signal with the first electric signal transferred by the first switching unit to charge the station battery bank with the second electric signal;

a second switching unit transferring a third electric signal supplied from the station battery bank; and

a vehicle charging unit charging an electric vehicle with the third electric signal transferred by the second switching unit.

7. The electric vehicle charging system of claim 6, wherein the station battery charging unit changes the first electric signal that is an AC signal to a DC signal that is supplied for the station battery bank.

8. The electric vehicle charging system of claim 6, wherein the vehicle charging unit includes at least two vehicle chargers for charging two or more vehicles at one time.

9. The electric vehicle charging system of claim 8, wherein the second switching unit includes a plurality of DC switches that respectively corresponds to the vehicle chargers.

10. The electric vehicle charging system of claim 6, wherein the station battery charging unit includes:

a first rectifying unit rectifying the first electric signal that is an AC signal;

a power factor adjusting unit adjusting a power factor of the first rectified electric signal by the first rectifying unit;

a smoothing unit smoothing the first rectified electric signal from the power factor adjusting unit;

a full bridge converting unit converting the first rectified electric signal from the smoothing unit to a high-frequency AC signal;

a high frequency transferring unit transferring the high-frequency AC signal from the full bridge converting unit;

a second rectifying unit rectifying the high-frequency AC signal from the high frequency transferring unit; and

a filtering unit filtering a high frequency factor of the second rectified electric signal rectified by the second rectifying unit.

11. The electric vehicle charging system of claim 10, wherein the station battery charging unit further includes:

a current sensor measuring a current amount of the second rectified electric signal filtered by the filtering unit; and

a charging control unit receiving the current amount and a voltage of the second rectified electric signal to control the power factor adjusting unit and the full bridge converting unit so that the second electric signal outputted by the station battery charging unit maintains a predetermined voltage and current.

12. The electric vehicle charging system of claim 11, wherein the filtering unit includes an LC filter.

13. The electric vehicle charging system of claim 6, wherein the vehicle charging unit includes:

a smoothing unit smoothing an electric signal outputted from the station battery charging unit;

a full bridge converting unit converting the electric signal from the smoothing unit to a high-frequency AC signal;

a high frequency transferring unit transferring the high-frequency AC signal from the full bridge converting unit;

a rectifying unit rectifying the high-frequency AC signal from the high frequency transferring unit; and

a filtering unit filtering a high frequency factor of the high-frequency AC signal rectified by the rectifying unit.

14. The electric vehicle charging system of claim 13, wherein the vehicle charging unit further includes:

a current sensor measuring a current amount of a signal outputted by the filtering unit; and

a charging control unit receiving the current amount and a voltage of the signal outputted by the filtering unit to control the full bridge converting unit so that a signal outputted by the vehicle charging unit maintains a predetermined voltage and current.

15. The electric vehicle charging system of claim 13, wherein the filtering unit includes an LC filter.