CHARGING AND DISCHARGING SYSTEM AND ELECTRIC-POWERED VEHICLE

• US 20110121779A1
• Filed: 06/03/2009
• Published: 05/26/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Ishikawa, Tetsuhiro, Ichikawa, Shinji
• Granted Patent: US 8,368,352 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 320/109
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2210/14 Boost 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 2220/14 Synchronous machines
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/527 Voltage
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/529 Current
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/16 with provision for separate direct mechanical propulsion
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/61 by batteries charged by engine-driven generators, e.g. series hybrid electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/18 Cables specially adapted for charging electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 55/00 Arrangements for supplying energy stored within a vehicle to a power network, i.e. vehicle-to-grid [V2G] arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 7/14 for vehicles propelled by ac motors
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/44 Methods for charging or discharging circuits for charging H02J7/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/00 Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/62 Hybrid vehicles
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/16 : Information or communication technologies improving the operation of electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 10/126 : the energy generation units being or involving electric vehicles [EV] or hybrid vehicles [HEV], i.e. power aggregation of EV or HEV, vehicle to grid arrangements [V2G]

Abstract

A control pilot circuit of a power cable having a male-type plug generates a pilot signal such that the power cable can be identified as a power cable for charging on the vehicle side. On the other hand, a control pilot circuit of a power cable having a not-shown female-type plug generates the pilot signal such that the power cable can be identified as a power cable for power feeding on the vehicle side. An ECU of a vehicle controls an AC/DC converter in any one of the charging mode and the power feeding mode in response to the pilot signal.

Claims

1. A charging and discharging system for a vehicle that allows charging of a power storage device mounted on the vehicle from a power supply external to the vehicle and allows power feeding from said power storage device to said power supply or an electric load external to the vehicle, comprising:

a power converting device configured to be capable of operating in any one of a charging mode in which a voltage of electric power supplied from said power supply is converted and said power storage device is charged with the electric power, and a power feeding mode in which a voltage of electric power output from said power storage device is converted and the electric power is supplied to said power supply or said electric load;

a controller mounted on said vehicle, for controlling said power converting device in any one of said charging mode and said power feeding mode; and

a signal generating circuit provided outside said vehicle, for generating a control signal whose pulse width is modulated based on magnitude of a current that can be transmitted and received through a power cable electrically connecting said power supply or said electric load with said vehicle, and for sending the generated control signal to said controller,

said signal generating circuit generating said control signal to allow distinction as to whether said power cable is for charging or for power feeding, and

said controller controlling said power converting device in any one of said charging mode and said power feeding mode, in response to said control signal provided from said signal generating circuit.

2. The charging and discharging system according to claim 1, wherein

said power cable includes a plug for connecting the power cable to said power supply or said electric load, and

said signal generating circuit generates said control signal to allow the distinction as to whether said power cable is for charging or for power feeding, based on a shape of said plug.

3. The charging and discharging system according to claim 2, wherein

when said plug has a male-type shape, said signal generating circuit generates said control signal indicating that said power cable is for charging.

4. The charging and discharging system according to claim 2, wherein

when said plug has a female-type shape, said signal generating circuit generates said control signal indicating that said power cable is for power feeding.

5. An electric-powered vehicle that allows charging of a power storage device that can supply electric power to a motor for traveling, from a power supply external to the vehicle, and allows power feeding from said power storage device to said power supply or an electric load external to the vehicle, comprising:

a power converting device configured to be capable of operating in any one of a charging mode in which a voltage of electric power supplied from said power supply is converted and said power storage device is charged with the electric power, and a power feeding mode in which a voltage of electric power output from said power storage device is converted and the electric power is supplied to said power supply or said electric load; and

a controller for controlling said power converting device in any one of said charging mode and said power feeding mode, in response to a control signal provided from outside the vehicle; and

a pulse width of said control signal being modulated based on magnitude of a current that can be transmitted and received through a power cable electrically connecting said power supply or said electric load with the electric-powered vehicle, and said control signal being generated to allow distinction as to whether said power cable is for charging or for power feeding.

6. The electric-powered vehicle according to claim 5, wherein

said power cable includes a plug for connecting the power cable to said power supply or said electric load, and

said control signal is generated to allow the distinction as to whether said power cable is for charging or for power feeding, based on a shape of said plug.

7. The electric-powered vehicle according to claim 6, wherein

when said plug has a male-type shape, said control signal indicating that said power cable is for charging is generated.

8. The electric-powered vehicle according to claim 6, wherein

when said plug has a female-type shape, said control signal indicating that said power cable is for power feeding is generated.