Cable installment type charging control device and method of operating the same

• US 9,751,412 B2
• Filed: 03/17/2015
• Issued: 09/05/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LSIS Co. Ltd. (LS Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LSIS Co. Ltd. (LS Corporation)
• Inventors: Im, Chang Jun
• Primary Examiner(s): Pelton, Nathaniel
• Application Number:
  US14/660,737
• Publication Number:
  US 20150266388A1
• Time in Patent Office: 903 Days
• Field of Search: 320109
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2210/30 AC to DC converters
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/36 Temperature of vehicle components or parts
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/667 Precipitation
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/70 Interactions with external data bases, e.g. traffic centres
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 3/0069 relating to the isolation, e.g. ground fault or leak current
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 3/04 Cutting off the power supply under fault conditions protective devices and circuit arrangements in general H01H; H02H
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/14 Conductive energy transfer
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/16 Connectors, e.g. plugs or sockets, specially adapted for charging electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/18 Cables specially adapted for charging electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/305 Communication interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/65 involving identification of vehicles or their battery types
• 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: Y02T 90/167 Systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies for supporting the interoperability of electric or hybrid vehicles, i.e. smartgrids as interface for battery charging of electric vehicles [EV] or hybrid vehicles [HEV]
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 30/14 Details associated with the interoperability, e.g. vehicle recognition, authentication, identification or billing

Abstract

A cable installment type charging control device for charging an electric vehicle (EV) by using power of a grid-side is provided. The cable installment type charging control device includes a first relay delivering power of the grid-side to an EV-side, a second relay delivering power of the grid-side to the EV-side, a first sub fusion detecting unit for detecting whether the first relay is fused through an-EV side terminal of the first relay and a grid-side terminal of the second relay, and a second sub fusion detecting unit for detecting whether the second relay is fused through an-EV side terminal of the second relay and a grid-side terminal of the first relay.

Claims

1. A cable installment type charging control device for charging an electric vehicle (EV) by using power of a grid-side, the cable installment type charging control device comprising:

a first relay delivering power of the grid-side to an EV-side;

a second relay delivering power of the grid-side to the EV-side;

an AC-DC converter generating a driving voltage by using AC power between the grid-side of the first relay and the grid-side of the second relay;

a first sub fusion detecting unit comprising;

a third relay having one end connected to the EV-side of the first relay;

a first resistor having one end connected to the third relay;

a first pull-up resistor having one end supplied by the driving voltage; and

a first photo coupler including a light emitting diode connected between another end of the first resistor and one end of the second relay and a transistor connected between another end of the first pull-up resistor and a ground,

wherein the transistor is turned on when the light emitting diode is emitting light, and wherein the first sub fusion detecting unit outputs a logic high signal or a logic low signal corresponding to the driving voltage according to whether a current flows through the light emitting diode; and

wherein the cable installment type charging control device further comprises a control unit configured to;

turn off the third relay in a state where the first and second relays are turned off; and

determine that the first relay is not fused on when the logic low signal is input and that the first relay is fused on when the logic high signal is input.

2. The cable installment type charging control device according to claim 1, further comprising a second sub fusion detecting unit for detecting whether the second relay is fused through an EV-side terminal of the second relay and a grid-side terminal of the first relay.

3. The cable installment type charging control device according to claim 2, wherein the second sub fusion detecting unit comprises:

a fourth relay having one end connected to the grid-side of the first relay;

a second resistor having one end connected to another end of the fourth relay;

a second pull-up resistor having one end supplied by the driving voltage; and

a second photo coupler including a light emitting diode connected between another end of the second resistor and the EV-side terminal of the second relay and a transistor connected between another end of the second pull-up resistor and a ground,

wherein the transistor is turned on when the light emitting diode is emitting light,

wherein the second sub fusion detecting unit outputs a logic high signal or a logic low signal corresponding to the driving voltage according to whether a current flows through the light emitting diode.

4. The cable installment type charging control device according to claim 3, wherein the control unit is configured to:

turn on the fourth relay in a state where the first and second relays are turned off; and

determine that the second relay is not fused on when the logic low signal is input, and that the second relay is fused on when the logic high signal is input.

5. The cable installment type charging control device according to claim 1, further comprising a communication unit for communicating with an add-on communication device attached to the cable installment type charging control device,

wherein the control unit notifies whether the first relay is fused to a terminal device through the communication unit via the add-n communication device.

6. The cable installment type charging control device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit stops a charging function before the fusion of the first relay is resolved.

7. A method of operating a cable installment type charging control device for charging an electric vehicle (EV) by using power of a grid-side, the method comprising:

delivering power of the grid-side to an EV-side through first and second relays; and

detecting whether the first relay is fused through an EV-side terminal of the first relay and a grid-side terminal of the second relay and through a third relay, a first resistor, and a first photo coupler which are connected to each other in series,

generating a driving voltage via an AC-DC converter by using AC power between the grid-side of the first relay and the grid-side of the second relay,

wherein the detecting whether the first relay is fused on is performed via;

a first sub fusion detecting unit comprising;

the third relay having one end connected to the EV-side of the first relay;

the first resistor having one end connected to the third relay;

a first pull-up resistor having one end supplied by the driving voltage; and

the first photo coupler including a light emitting diode connected between another end of the first resistor and one end of the second relay and a transistor connected between another end of the first pull-up resistor and a ground,

wherein the transistor is turned on when the light emitting diode is emitting light, and wherein the first sub fusion detecting unit outputs a logic high signal or a logic low signal corresponding to the driving voltage according to whether a current flows through the light emitting diode, and

wherein the method further comprises;

turning off the third relay in a state where the first and second relays are turned off; and

determining that the first relay is not fused on when the logic low signal is input and that the first relay is fused on when the logic high signal is input.