Vehicle auxiliary electric-power-supplying system

• US 7,728,456 B2
• Filed: 01/29/2004
• Issued: 06/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Inventors: Kusubayashi, Chiyo
• Primary Examiner(s): Fureman; Jared J
• Assistant Examiner(s): KAPLAN, HAL IRA
• Application Number:
  US10/541,245
• Publication Number:
  US 20060145542A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,315 Days
• Field of Search: 307/145, 307 28- 29, 307/26, 307/9.1, 307/45, 307/75, 307 82- 83, 191/23.A, 191/4, 191/8, 191/2, 363/51, 180/65.1
• US Class Current: 307/9.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 1/00 Supplying electric power to auxiliary equipment of vehicles circuit arrangements for charging batteries H02J7/00
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 1/02 to electric heating circuits
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 1/10 with provision for using different supplies
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 1/14 to electric lighting circuits
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2200/26 Rail vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2210/20 AC to AC converters
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 1/10 Parallel operation of dc sources
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/0006 Arrangements for supplying an adequate voltage to the control circuit of converters
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/72 Electric energy management in electromobility

Abstract

A vehicle auxiliary electric-power-supplying system can normally stop an electric power inverter by the frequency in use for an electric power supplier being suppressed as low as possible, and electric power being immediately started to be supplied from the power supplier to a controller in a case in which normal electric power has become unable to be obtained from power-outputting of the electric power inverter. The system includes: the electric power inverter for converting a first type of dc power received through an overhead wire to a second type of dc power, and supplying the second type of dc power to a dc load; the power supplier for converting the first type of dc power received through the overhead wire to a third type of dc power; a power-outputting unit, connected to both the electric power inverter and the electric power supplier, for outputting either the second type of dc power or the third type of dc power; and the controller for receiving power from the power-outputting unit, and controlling the electric power inverter.

Claims

1. A vehicle auxiliary electric-power-supplying system comprising:

an electric power inverter for converting first dc power received through an overhead wire to second dc power, and supplying the second dc power to a dc load;

an electric power supplier for converting the first dc power received through the overhead wire to third dc power;

a power-outputting unit, connected to both the electric power inverter and the electric power supplier, for outputting higher dc power of either the second dc power or the third dc power; and

a controller for receiving power from the power-outputting unit, and controlling the electric power inverter,

wherein the electric power inverter comprises a charging switch that controls current flowing through the overhead wire, and controls the conversion of the first dc power to the second dc power based on the control signals output from the controller.

2. The vehicle auxiliary electric-power-supplying system as recited in claim 1, wherein the electric power inverter converts the first dc power into ac power, and supplies the ac power to an ac load.

3. The vehicle auxiliary electric-power-supplying system as recited in claim 1, wherein the power-outputting unit supplies the third dc power the to the controller when the system starts to operate, and the second dc power is supplied through the power-outputting unit after the second dc power has been outputted from the electric power inverter.

4. The vehicle auxiliary electric-power-supplying system as recited in claim 3, wherein the electric power inverter converts the first dc power into ac power, and supplies the ac power to an ac load.

5. The vehicle auxiliary electric-power-supplying system as recited in claim 3, wherein the third dc power is supplied to the controller through the power-outputting unit if the voltage of the second dc power being supplied becomes lower than the voltage of the third dc power being supplied.

6. The vehicle auxiliary electric-power-supplying system as recited in claim 5, wherein the electric power inverter converts the first dc power into ac power, and supplies the ac power to an ac load.

7. The vehicle auxiliary electric-power-supplying system as recited in claim 5, wherein the power-outputting unit is comprises a butt-jointed diode composed of a first diode to which the second dc power is supplied and a second diode to which the third dc power is supplied, so as to supply output of either power to the controller.

8. The vehicle auxiliary electric-power-supplying system as recited in claim 7, wherein the electric power inverter converts the first dc power into ac power, and supplies the ac power to an ac load.

9. The vehicle auxiliary electric-power-supplying-system as recited in claim 7, further comprising:

a protector, connected between the overhead wire and the electric power inverter, for protecting the electric power inverter against the dc power supplied through the overhead wire.

10. The vehicle auxiliary electric-power-supplying system as recited in claim 9, wherein the electric power inverter converts the first dc power into ac power, and supplies the ac power to an ac load.

11. The vehicle auxiliary electric-power-supplying system as recited in claim 9, wherein the first dc power is supplied to the electric power supplier through the protector.

12. The vehicle auxiliary electric-power-supplying system as recited in claim 11, wherein the electric power inverter converts the first dc power into ac power, and supplies the ac power to an ac load.