IP Library Granted Patent US 10,538,176
Granted Patent B2
US 10,538,176 · App. 14/899,414 · Granted Jan 21, 2020

Method for managing a load supplied by a converter that is itself supplied by a battery, and corresponding system

Inventors: Othman Ladhari (Fontaine, FR); Anh Linh Bui-Van (Saint Nizier du Moucherotte, FR)
Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.
B60L58/18B60L50/60B60L50/66H02M7/44B60L2210/42B60L2270/20
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Patent No.
US 10,538,176
App. No.
14/899,414
Granted
Jan 21, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and system manages a load supplied by a converter that is supplied by a battery including modules that can be switched, a capacitor being placed between the battery and the converter. The method includes detecting a switching command, supplying, via the converter, a lower power to the load when the switching command is detected, carrying out the switching, and supplying, via the converter, a normal power to the load when the switching is carried out.

Claims (24)

1. A method for managing a load supplied by a converter that is supplied by a battery comprising modules that can be switched, a capacitor being placed between the battery and the converter, comprising:

detecting a switching command;

supplying, via the converter, a lower power to the load when the switching command is detected;

carrying out the switching;

supplying, via the converter, a normal power to the load when the switching is carried out,

in which the converter supplied by the battery is the only converter supplying the load, and

in which a switch placed between the capacitor and the converter is opened so as to supply a zero power to the load.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , in which a plurality of switches of said converter are opened so as to supply a zero power to the load.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , in which the load is an electric machine of an automobile vehicle powertrain with electric or hybrid drive.

4. A system for managing a load supplied by a converter that is supplied by a battery comprising modules that can be switched, a capacitor placed between the battery and the converter, comprising:

means for detecting a switching command; and

means for supplying a low power to the load which are controlled by said means for detecting a switching command, said means for supplying a low power to the load being configured for supplying a zero power to the load; and

a switch placed between the capacitor and the converter.

5. The system as claimed in claim 4 , in which said means for supplying a low power to the load comprise means for opening a plurality of switches of said converter.

6. An automobile vehicle, comprising:

an electric or hybrid drive comprising an electric machine of a powertrain forming a load; and

the system as claimed in claim 4 .

7. A method for managing a load supplied by a converter that is supplied by a battery comprising modules that can be switched, a capacitor being paced between the battery and the converter, comprising:

detecting a switching command;

supplying, via the converter, a lower power to the load when the switching command is detected;

carrying out the switching;

supplying, via the converter, a normal power to the load when the switching is carried out,

in which the converter supplies a zero power to the load, and

in which a switch placed between the capacitor and the converter is opened so as to supply a zero power to the load.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 23, 2024
From: RENAULT S.A.S.
To: AMPERE S.A.S.
Reel/Frame 067526/0311 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 25, 2016
From: LADHARI, OTHMAN; BUI-VAN, ANH LINH
To: RENAULT S.A.S.
Reel/Frame 037831/0265 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 13 55711 · Jun 18, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160152148A1 · Jun 2, 2016