ELECTRIC AUTOMOBILE CHARGING SYSTEM AND ELECTRIC AUTOMOBILE CHARGING DEVICE

• US 20140191721A1
• Filed: 02/10/2014
• Published: 07/10/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: HAYASHI, Hideki, EBATA, Yoshio
• Application Number:
  US14/176,717
• Publication Number:
  US 20140191721A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 320/109
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/60 Monitoring or controlling charging stations
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/62 in response to charging parameters, e.g. current, voltage or electrical charge
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/4207 for several batteries or cells simultaneously or sequentially
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/441 for several batteries or cells simultaneously or sequentially
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/465 with solar battery as charging system
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 2010/4278 Systems for data transfer from batteries, e.g. transfer of battery parameters to a controller, data transferred between battery controller and main controller
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 2220/20 Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/48 for electric vehicles [EV] or hybrid vehicles [HEV]
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/46 Controlling of the sharing of output between the generators, converters, or transformers
• 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 10/70 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
• 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

An electric automobile charging system wherein a center device, an electric automobile, and a charging device that charges a storage battery section in said electric automobile are connected by power lines. The center device acquires information of the amount of power generated and the amount of power used, decides on cutoff of the charging current or reduction of current to the storage battery section in the electric automobile, based on the acquired information, and communicates instructions for the cutoff of the charging current or current reduction that has been decided. The charging device receives the instructions from the center device and interrupts the charging current to the storage battery section in the electric automobile or reduces the current, based on the received instructions.

Claims

1. An electric automobile charging system wherein a center device, an electric automobile, and a charging device that charges a storage battery section in said electric automobile are connected by power lines, wherein:

(1) said center device comprises;

(a) an information acquisition means for acquiring information of an amount of power generated and an amount of power used;

(b) a decision means for deciding on cutoff of a charging current or reduction of current to said storage battery section in said electric automobile, based on said information acquired by said information acquisition means; and

(c) a transmission means for giving instructions, by communication, for an cutoff of said charging current or current reduction that has been decided on by said decision means; and

(2) said charging device comprises;

(d) a reception means for receiving instructions from said transmission means; and

(e) a current restriction means for interrupting a charging current to said storage battery section in said electric automobile or reduces said charging current, based on the instructions of said reception means.

2. The electric automobile charging system according to claim 1,

wherein said charging device comprises:

(f) a charging current decision means for deciding on an amount of reduction of charging current, based on an area information of an owner of said electric automobile and location information of said charging device.

3. The electric automobile charging system according to claim 1,

wherein, if said electric automobile is of a preset vehicle type or enterprise type, said current restriction means of said charging device performs control so that cutoff or reduction of said charging current to said storage battery section is not performed.

4. The electric automobile charging system according to claim 1,

wherein, if a residual battery charge of said storage battery of said electric automobile is below a preset fixed value, said current restriction means of said charging device performs control so that cutoff or reduction of said charging current to said storage battery section is not performed.

13. The electric automobile charging system according to claim 2,

wherein, if said electric automobile is of a preset vehicle type or enterprise type, said current restriction means of said charging device performs control so that cutoff or reduction of said charging current to said storage battery section is not performed.

14. The electric automobile charging system according to claim 2,

wherein, if a residual battery charge of said storage battery of said electric automobile is below a preset fixed value, said current restriction means of said charging device performs control so that cutoff or reduction of said charging current to said storage battery section is not performed.

5. An electric automobile charging system wherein a center device, an electric automobile, and a charging device that charges a storage battery section in said electric automobile are connected by power lines, comprising:

(a) an information acquisition means for acquiring information of an amount of power generated and an amount of power used;

(b) a decision means for deciding on cutoff of a charging current or reduction of said charging current to said storage battery section in said electric automobile, based on said information acquired by said information acquisition means; and

(c) a current restriction means for interrupting said charging current to said storage battery section in said electric automobile or reduces said charging current, based on a decision result by said decision means.

6. The electric automobile charging system according to claim 5, further comprising

a charging current decision means for deciding on an amount of reduction of charging current based on said area information of said owner of said electric automobile and said location information of said charging device.

7. The electric automobile charging system according to claim 5,

wherein said current restriction means performs control so as not to interrupt or reduce said charging current to said storage battery section, if said electric automobile is of a preset vehicle type or enterprise type.

8. The electric automobile charging system according to claim 5,

wherein, if a residual battery charge of said storage battery in said electric automobile is below a preset fixed value, said current restriction means performs control so that cutoff or reduction of said charging current to said storage battery section is not performed.

15. The electric automobile charging system according to claim 6,

wherein said current restriction means performs control so as not to interrupt or reduce said charging current to said storage battery section, if said electric automobile is of a preset vehicle type or enterprise type.

16. The electric automobile charging system according to claim 6,

wherein, if a residual battery charge of said storage battery in said electric automobile is below a preset fixed value, said current restriction means performs control so that cutoff or reduction of said charging current to said storage battery section is not performed.

9. An electric automobile charging device comprising:

(a) an information acquisition means for acquiring information of an amount of power generated and an amount of power used;

(b) a decision means for deciding on cutoff of a charging current or reduction of said charging current to a storage battery section in an electric automobile, based on information acquired by said information acquisition means; and

(c) a current restriction means for interrupting said charging current to said storage battery section in said electric automobile or reduces said charging current, based on a decision result by said decision means.

10. The electric automobile charging device according to claim 9, further comprising

(d) a charging current decision means for deciding on an amount of reduction of said charging current, based on said area information of said owner of said electric automobile and said location information of said charging device that performs charging of said storage battery section.

11. The electric automobile charging device according to claim 9,

wherein said current restriction means performs control so as not to interrupt or reduce said charging current to said storage battery section, if said electric automobile is of a preset vehicle type or enterprise type.

12. The electric automobile charging device according to claim 9,

wherein, if said residual battery charge of said storage battery of said electric automobile is below a preset fixed value, said current restriction means performs control so that cutoff or reduction of said charging current to said storage battery section is not performed.

17. The electric automobile charging device according to claim 10,

wherein said current restriction means performs control so as not to interrupt or reduce said charging current to said storage battery section, if said electric automobile is of a preset vehicle type or enterprise type.

18. The electric automobile charging device according to claim 10,

wherein, if said residual battery charge of said storage battery of said electric automobile is below a preset fixed value, said current restriction means performs control so that cutoff or reduction of said charging current to said storage battery section is not performed.