CHARGING DEVICE FOR ELECTRIC MOVING BODY

• US 20170225575A1
• Filed: 09/29/2015
• Published: 08/10/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Takaoka Toko Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Takaoka Toko Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: NORO, Masatoshi, NAKANO, Yasuhiro
• Application Number:
  US15/502,304
• Publication Number:
  US 20170225575A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/16 Connectors, e.g. plugs or sockets, specially adapted for charging electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/22 Constructional details or arrangements of charging converters specially adapted for charging electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0013 acting upon several batteries simultaneously or sequentially H02J7/1423 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0019 using switched or multiplexed charge circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/007 Regulation of charging or discharging current or voltage
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/02 for charging batteries from ac mains by converters
• 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 90/14 Plug-in electric vehicles

Abstract

A charging device is for an electric moving body, which is compatible with multiple charging protocols having different settings for voltage, current. The vehicle charging device is provided with: a CHAdeMO control unit and a combined-charging control unit for performing battery charging control on the basis of the CHAdeMO protocol and the combined-charging protocol; power conversion systems (PCS) which are connected in parallel and convert alternating-current power into direct-current power; power-feeding connectors which connect to a power-receiving connector disposed in the vehicle; and a switching unit for setting a connection between the output of the PCSs and the power-feeding connectors. The switching unit performs settings such that when one vehicle is to be charged, the PCSs are connected to the battery of this vehicle, or when two vehicles are to be charged, the PCSs are respectively connected to the batteries of these vehicles.

Claims

1. A charging device for electric moving bodies, which converts inputted alternating-current power into prescribed direct-current power and charges batteries disposed in the electric moving bodies through power-receiving connectors provided in the electric moving bodies, the charging device comprising:

a charging control unit that performs a charging control of the batteries on the basis of a CHAdeMO charging protocol and a Combo charging protocol;

a plurality of power conversion units connected to each other in parallel, each of the power conversion units converting the alternating-current power into the direct-current power to output predetermined output power under the charging control;

a plurality of power-feeding connectors that are connected to the power-receiving connectors when power is fed to the batteries; and

a connection setting unit that sets connections between outputs of the power conversion units and the power-feeding connectors on the basis of a number of the electric moving bodies;

wherein;

if the number of the electric moving bodies is one, the connection setting unit sets the connections in such a way that total output power of each output power of the power conversion units is outputted to a battery disposed in the electric moving body;

if the number of the electric moving bodies is more than one, the connection setting unit sets the connections in such a way that the total output power is divided to output the divided power to each of the batteries disposed in the electric moving bodies; and

if, during charging of one battery disposed in the electric moving body capable of being charged based on one of the CHAdeMO charging protocol and the Combo charging protocol, another battery disposed in another electric moving body capable of being charged based on other one of the CHAdeMO charging protocol and the Combo charging protocol is charged, the connection setting unit sets the connections in such a way that the one battery and the another battery are charged keeping a charging state of the one battery, and

wherein said each output power capable of being outputted by the power conversion units is predetermined at a prescribed ratio on a basis of maximum output power of the charging device for the electric moving bodies, and

wherein if said another battery is charged during the charging of the one battery;

(a) only the one battery is charged with the total output power from a start of charging of the one battery to a start of charging of said another battery, and then, the one battery is charged in parallel with the another battery while power is supplied to the one battery from one of the power conversion units;

or (b) when charging power of the one battery reaches a predetermined value by charging with the total output power, the one battery is charged in parallel with the another battery while power is supplied to the one battery from one of the power conversion units; and

after (a) or (b), when the charging of the one battery is finished, the another battery is charged with the total output power.

3. The charging device for the electric moving bodies according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of power conversion units includes two power conversion units;

and only when one battery is charged, the one battery is charged using the two power conversion units; and

when two batteries are charged simultaneously, one of the two batteries is charged using one of the two power conversion units while other one of the two batteries is charged using other one of the two power conversion units.

4. The charging device for the electric moving bodies according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of power conversion units includes three power conversion units;

and only when one battery is charged, the one battery is charged using the three power conversion units; and

when two batteries are charged simultaneously, one of the two batteries is charged using two of the three power conversion units while other one of the two batteries is charged using remaining one of the three power conversion units.

2. (canceled)