Battery charging/discharging switching control protective circuit

• US 5,637,980 A
• Filed: 05/08/1995
• Issued: 06/10/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 05/08/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Jimmy Wu
• Original Assignee: Jimmy Wu
• Inventors: Wu, Jimmy
• Primary Examiner(s): Wong, Peter S.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Law, Patrick B.
• Application Number:
  US08/436,973
• Time in Patent Office: 764 Days
• Field of Search: 320/5, 320/8, 320/9, 320/11, 320/13, 320/14, 320/15, 320/21, 320/29, 320/30, 320/31
• US Class Current: 320/128
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 9/548 Electromechanical and static switch connected in series
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2207/20 Charging or discharging characterised by the power electronics converter
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/02 for charging batteries from ac mains by converters

Abstract

A battery charging/discharging switching control protective circuit including a charging discharging loop, a constant current control circuit connected to the input terminal of the charging discharging loop, a microprocessor control circuit, a time series control circuit with its input terminal connected to the microprocessor control circuit and its output terminal connected to the switch of the charging discharging loop and the switches of the constant current control circuit, the time series control circuit being controlled by the microprocessor control circuit to control the transistor of the charging discharging loop in charging or discharging the battery at a constant current value, and to control the switches of the charging discharging loop in turning off the transistor at the beginning or the end of the charging or discharging operation, so as to prevent the occurrence of electric arc, sparks, transient electric current and voltage during the switching of the switches of the charging discharging loop.

Claims

1. A battery charging/discharging switching control protective circuit comprising:

a rectifier filter circuit to provide the battery charging/discharging switching control protective circuit with a necessary working voltage;

a microprocessor control circuit to provide a first time series pulse signal and a second time series pulse signal;

a time series control circuit to receive and process the first and second time series pulse signals from said microprocessor control circuit so as to provide a third time series pulse signal, a fourth time series pulse signal, and a fifth time series pulse signal;

a constant current control circuit controlled by the third time series pulse signal from said time series control circuit to set the value of charging or discharging current through a variable resistor thereof by controlling an electronic switching element based on a constant current set by said control circuit; and

a charging discharging loop controlled by the fourth and fifth time series pulse signals from said time series control circuit and electric current from said constant current control circuit to charge and discharge a charging discharging battery set, wherein the fourth and fifth time series pulse signals cause switches in said charging discharging loop to close before said electronic switching element is switched on by said constant current to complete said charging discharging circuit.

2. The battery charging/discharging switching control protective circuit of claim 1 wherein said charging discharging loop comprises:

a transistor having a base connected to the output terminal of said constant current control circuit, and an emitter connected to one end of a constant current resistor, an opposite end of said constant current resistor being connected to ground;

a first charging switch having a normally open contact connected to a collector of said transistor, a normally closed contact and a common contact bridged to each other and connected to one output end of said rectifier filter circuit;

a battery set having a negative terminal connected to another input end of said rectifier filter circuit;

a second charging switch having a common contact connected to a positive terminal of said battery set, a normally closed contact connected to ground;

a first discharging switch having a common contact connected to the collector of said transistor, a normally closed contact bridged to the common contact, and normally open contact connected to the positive terminal of said battery set;

a second discharging switch having a common contact connected to the negative terminal of said battery set, a normally closed contact bridged to the common contact, and a normally open contact connected to ground;

said charging switches or said discharging switches being maintained in a normally closed mode to form a charging or discharging loop to discharge electric current to said transistor when said charging discharging loop receives the third and fourth time series pulse signals from said time series control circuit and is driven by said constant current control circuit.

3. The battery charging/discharging switching control protective circuit of claim 2 wherein said charging switches and said discharging switches are relay switches.

4. The battery charging/discharging switching control protective circuit of claim 1 wherein said constant current control circuit comprises:

an amplifier having an output terminal to said charging/discharging loop, and an input terminal connected to said variable resistor to set the value of charging/discharging current; and

a charging discharging control switch having a common contact connected to the input terminal of said amplifier, a normally closed contact bridged to the common contact, and a normally closed contact connected to ground, said charging discharging control switch being controlled by the third time series pulse signal to drive said charging discharging loop through said amplifier.

5. The battery charging/discharging switching control protective circuit of claim 1 wherein said time series control circuit comprises:

a logic circuit having two input ends respectively connected to said microprocessor control circuit to receive the first and second time series pulse signals from said microprocessor control circuit and to compare the signals;

a plurality of integrating circuits to receive the output signals from said logic circuit and to integrate and delay the signals; and

a plurality of delay circuits to receive the output signal from said logic circuit and process the signal into a pulse signal for output through a logic gate.

6. The battery charging/discharging switching control protective circuit of claim 5 wherein said delay circuits are single-shot delay circuits.

7. The battery charging/discharging switching control protective circuit of claim 6 wherein said logic circuit is an exclusive circuit.