IP Library Granted Patent US 10,547,203
Granted Patent B2
US 10,547,203 · App. 15/789,448 · Granted Jan 28, 2020

Power battery pre-charge system and device for electric vehicle

Inventors: Fei Chen (Shanghai, CN); Guodong Xu (Shanghai, CN); Tao Jiang (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: NIO NEXTEV LIMITED
H02J7/345H01M10/4257H01M10/46H01M2010/4271H01M2220/20
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Patent No.
US 10,547,203
App. No.
15/789,448
Granted
Jan 28, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention proposes power battery pre-charge system and device for an electric vehicle, said power battery pre-charge device comprises a pre-charge circuit formed by a current source circuit and a bus capacitor, wherein said current source circuit provides a current for charging the bus capacitor, wherein said current source circuit includes a triode, a first resistor, a second resistor and at least two high-voltage MOSFET transistors. The power battery pre-charge system and device for an electric vehicle as disclosed in the present invention have high charging efficiency, low cost and low failure rate.

Claims (10)

1. A power battery pre-charge device for an electric vehicle, which comprises a pre-charge circuit formed by a current source circuit and a bus capacitor C, wherein said current source circuit provides a current nI for charging the bus capacitor C, and wherein said current source circuit includes a triode Q 0 a , a first resistor R 1 , a second resistor R 2 and at least two high-voltage MOSFET transistors Q 0 b and Q 1 . . . Qn, wherein said bus capacitor C is between a second positive electrode P+ and a second negative electrode P−.

2. The power battery pre-charge device for an electric vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein a base of said triode Q 0 a is connected to a voltage source V 0 , an emitter of said triode Q 0 a is connected to a first terminal of the second resistor R 2 , and a collector of said triode Q 0 a is connected to a first terminal of the first resistor R 1 .

3. The power battery pre-charge device for an electric vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein a second terminal of the second resistor R 2 is connected to a first negative electrode B−, and a second terminal of the first resistor R 1 is connected to a gate of each of the at least two high-voltage MOSFET transistors Q 0 b and Q 1 . . . Qn.

4. The power battery pre-charge device for an electric vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein a drain of each of the at least two high-voltage MOSFET transistors Q 0 b and Q 1 . . . Qn is connected to a first positive electrode B+, and a source of each of the high-voltage MOSFET transistors Q 1 . . . Qn is connected to the second positive electrode P+.

5. The power battery pre-charge device for an electric vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein a source of the high-voltage MOSFET transistor Q 0 b is connected to the second terminal of the first resistor R 1 .

6. The power battery pre-charge device for an electric vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein a current I flowing through the second resistor R 2 is generated when the voltage source V 0 supplies a voltage, and a magnitude of the current I depends on a value of the voltage supplied by the voltage source V 0 and a value of the second resistor R 2 .

7. The power battery pre-charge device for an electric vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein when the high-voltage MOSFET transistors Q 1 -Qn are all in a saturated state, if the current I flowing through the second resistor R 2 is generated, then said high-voltage MOSFET transistors Q 1 . . . Qn output in parallel current nI charging the bus capacitor C, wherein a magnitude of the current nI is an integer n times of the magnitude of the current I.

8. The power battery pre-charge device for an electric vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein in the charging process, the current nI charging the bus capacitor C remains constant so that the voltage across the bus capacitor C increase linearly over time.

9. The power battery pre-charge device for an electric vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein the current source circuit is on a printed circuit board.

10. A power battery pre-charge system for an electric vehicle, comprising a battery pack, a power battery pre-charge device and a controller, wherein said battery pack includes a plurality of electric cores connected in series to provide electric power to an electronic sub-system of the electric vehicle, said power battery pre-charge device charges the electric cores in the battery pack after power-up, and said controller controls charging characteristics of said power battery pre-charge device, wherein, said power battery pre-charge device further comprises a pre-charge circuit formed by a current source circuit and a bus capacitor C, wherein said current source circuit provides a current nI charging the bus capacitor C, and said current source circuit includes a triode Q 0 a , a first resistor R 1 , a second resistor R 2 and at least two high-voltage MOSFET transistors Q 0 b and Q 1 . . . Qn.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 2, 2020
From: NIO NEXTEV LIMITED
To: NIO (ANHUI) HOLDING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054280/0562 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 5, 2018
From: CHEN, FEI; XU, GUODONG; JIANG, TAO
To: NIO NEXTEV LIMITED
Reel/Frame 045993/0250 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2016 1 0917335 · Oct 21, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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