RECONFIGURABLE CHARGING CONTROL MODULE

• US 20090212735A1
• Filed: 02/20/2009
• Published: 08/27/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Inventors: Kung, Chen-Pang, Hou, Wei-Hsin
• Application Number:
  US12/390,192
• Publication Number:
  US 20090212735A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 320/101
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/46 Accumulators structurally combined with charging apparatus circuits for charging H02J7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00 Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

The present invention provides a reconfigurable charging control module whose energy transmission state can be changed or adjusted according to the specifications of an energy storage device that is to receive energy. The energy transmission state can be changed or adjusted in a contact or contactless manner. In addition, the energy transmission state of the reconfigurable charging control module can be set in a contact or contactless manner in advance, and then incorporated with an energy storage device to form an energy storage system.

Claims

1. A reconfigurable charging control module, comprising:

a stored energy output unit for providing an energy storage device with output energy; and

a rated voltage selection unit for controlling said output energy of said stored energy output unit according to a rated voltage of said energy storage device.

2. The reconfigurable charging control module of claim 1, further comprising an energy receiving module for providing said stored energy output unit with electrical energy.

3. The reconfigurable charging control module of claim 2, further comprising an energy transmission module for providing said energy receiving module with energy.

4. The reconfigurable charging control module of claim 1, further comprising a voltage selection control module for transmitting data associated with the rated voltage of said energy storage device to said rated voltage selection unit, and thereby said rated voltage selection unit can control said output energy from said stored energy output unit.

5. The reconfigurable charging control module of claim 2, further comprising a voltage selection control module for transmitting data associated with the rated voltage of said energy storage device to said rated voltage selection unit, and thereby said rated voltage selection unit can control said output energy from said stored energy output unit.

6. The reconfigurable charging control module of claim 3, further comprising a voltage selection control module for transmitting data associated with the rated voltage of said energy storage device to said rated voltage selection unit, and thereby said rated voltage selection unit can control said output energy from said stored energy output unit.

7. The reconfigurable charging control module of claim 2, wherein said energy receiving module receives energy in a contact or contactless manner.

8. The reconfigurable charging control module of claim 7, wherein said energy receiving module includes an antenna module, a photovoltaic device, a piezoelectric device or an electrical contact.

9. The reconfigurable charging control module of claim 3, wherein said energy transmission module transmits energy in a contact or contactless manner.

10. The reconfigurable charging control module of claim 9, wherein said energy transmission module includes an RFID (radio frequency identification) reader or an antenna module.

11. The reconfigurable charging control module of claim 4, wherein said voltage selection control module transmits said data associated with the rated voltage of said energy storage device in a contact or contactless manner.

12. The reconfigurable charging control module of claim 6, wherein said energy transmission module and said voltage selection control module are integrated within an RFID reader.

13. An energy storage system, comprising:

an energy storage device; and

a reconfigurable charging control module comprising a stored energy output unit and a rated voltage selection unit, wherein said stored energy output unit provides said energy storage device with output energy, and said rated voltage selection unit controls said output energy of said stored energy output unit according to a rated voltage of said energy storage device.

14. The energy storage system of claim 13, wherein said reconfigurable charging control module further comprises an energy receiving module for providing said stored energy output unit with electrical energy.

15. The energy storage system of claim 14, further comprising an energy transmission module for providing said energy receiving module with energy.

16. The energy storage system of claim 13, further comprising a voltage selection control module for transmitting data associated with the rated voltage of said energy storage device to said rated voltage selection unit, and thereby said rated voltage selection unit can control said output energy from said stored energy output unit.

17. The energy storage system of claim 14, further comprising a voltage selection control module for transmitting data associated with the rated voltage of said energy storage device to said rated voltage selection unit, and thereby said rated voltage selection unit can control said output energy from said stored energy output unit.

18. The energy storage system of claim 15, further comprising a voltage selection control module for transmitting data associated with the rated voltage of said energy storage device to said rated voltage selection unit, and thereby said rated voltage selection unit can control said output energy from said stored energy output unit.

19. The energy storage system of claim 14, wherein said energy receiving module receives energy in a contact or contactless manner.

20. The energy storage system of claim 19, wherein said energy receiving module includes an antenna module, a photovoltaic device, a piezoelectric device or an electrical contact.

21. The energy storage system of claim 15, wherein said energy transmission module transmits energy in a contact or contactless manner.

22. The energy storage system of claim 21, wherein said energy transmission module includes an RFID reader or an antenna module.

23. The energy storage system of claim 16, wherein said voltage selection control module transmits said data associated with the rated voltage of said energy storage device in a contact or contactless manner.

24. The energy storage system of claim 18, wherein said energy transmission module and said voltage selection control module are integrated within an RFID reader.

25. The energy storage system of claim 13, wherein said energy storage device is a rechargeable battery.

26. An energy transmission system, comprising:

an energy transmission module for transmitting energy to an energy receiving end wirelessly; and

a voltage selection control module for controlling the transmission state of said energy transmission module according to said energy receiving end.

27. The energy transmission system of claim 26, wherein said energy transmission system is an RFID reader.

28. The energy transmission system of claim 26, wherein said energy transmission module is an antenna module.

29. The energy transmission system of claim 26, wherein said voltage selection control module includes a data input interface.

30. A reconfigurable charging control system, comprising:

an energy transmission system comprising a wireless energy transmission module and a voltage selection control module, wherein said voltage selection control module transmits data associated with a rated voltage of an energy storage device to said wireless energy transmission module, which combines said data associated with the rated voltage with an energy signal and transmits them;

an energy receiving system comprising an energy receiving module and a rated voltage selection unit, wherein said energy receiving module includes a photovoltaic module, a piezoelectric device and a wireless energy receiving module, said photovoltaic module and said piezoelectric device converting ambient light energy and deformation kinetic energy into electrical energy respectively, and said energy receiving module receives said energy signal and said data associated with the rated voltage and transmits said data to said rated voltage selection unit, which thereby transmits a control signal; and

a stored energy output unit for receiving said energy signal from said energy receiving module and said control signal from said rated voltage selection unit, determining the energy output state according to said control signal, and thereby transmitting energy to said energy storage device.

31. The reconfigurable charging control system of claim 30, wherein said energy transmission system includes a power supply unit selected from a fuel battery, a solar battery, a piezoelectric module or an AC power supply terminal.

32. The reconfigurable charging control system of claim 30, wherein said voltage selection control module includes a user interface for receiving specification data of said energy storage device, and said voltage selection control module converts said specification data into said data associated with the rated voltage.

33. The reconfigurable charging control system of claim 30, wherein said stored energy output unit selects a source for receiving an energy signal according to the energy status of said photovoltaic module, said piezoelectric device and said wireless energy receiving module.