DEVICE FOR OPERATING A VEHICLE

• US 20100320835A1
• Filed: 06/16/2010
• Published: 12/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/18/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Siemens AG
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Rechenberg, Karsten, Meinert, Michael
• Application Number:
  US12/816,456
• Publication Number:
  US 20100320835A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 307/9.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2200/26 Rail vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 3/003 relating to inverters
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 3/0092 with use of redundant elements for safety purposes
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/40 using propulsion power supplied by capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/51 characterised by AC-motors
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/20 characterised by converters located in the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/24 Using the vehicle's propulsion converter for charging
• 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

Abstract

A device for operating a vehicle, in particular a rail vehicle, is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, an energy feed device is connected to a drive device via a drive rectifier, and to an energy store via an energy storage rectifier. In at least one embodiment, there is provision that the energy storage rectifier can be reconfigured. Its output is connected to the energy store and to the drive device via switches, with the result that the energy storage rectifier can be connected to the drive device instead of to the energy store.

Claims

1. A device for operating a vehicle, comprising:

an energy feed device, connected to a drive device via a drive rectifier, and connected to an energy store via an energy storage rectifier, the energy storage rectifier being reconfigurable and an output of the energy storage rectifier being connected to the energy store and to the drive device, via switches, in order to connect the energy storage rectifier to the drive device instead of to the energy store.

2. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein, in order to supply energy from the energy store, the energy store is connected to an input of the energy storage rectifier via at least one switch.

3. The device as claimed in claim 2, wherein at least one of at least one storage capacitor and at least one storage battery of the energy store is connected to the input of the energy storage rectifier via the at least one switch.

4. The device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the at least one storage battery of the energy store is connected to the input of the energy storage rectifier via a decoupling diode.

5. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the device is for operating a rail vehicle.