IP Library Granted Patent US 11,404,900
Granted Patent B2
US 11,404,900 · App. 16/794,342 · Granted Aug 2, 2022

Power supply device and method for providing power supply device

Inventors: Takanori Onishi (Fujisawa, JP); Koji Nishi (Anjo, JP); Shinichi Sawada (Nagoya, JP); Toyoki Sugiyama (Kitakatsuragi-gun, JP); Takumi Mio (Kariya, JP); Yukihiro Komatsubara (Chiryu, JP); Satoshi Shinoda (Neyagawa, JP); Masafumi Kawano (Toyota, JP)
Assignees: JTEKT CORPORATION; KYOHO MACHINE WORKS, LTD.
H02J9/005H02J9/061H02J9/062
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Patent No.
US 11,404,900
App. No.
16/794,342
Granted
Aug 2, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A power supply device includes a combination of one power supply module of a plurality of power supply modules having different power supply performances and one controller of a plurality of controllers having different functions, which are selectively combined. Each of the plurality of power supply modules includes a power supply module side connection portion common to the plurality of power supply modules, and each of the plurality of controllers includes a controller side connection portion common to the plurality of controllers and connectable to the power supply module side connection portion, to allow the one power supply module and the one controller are selectively combined.

Claims (25)

1. A power supply device comprising:

a combination of one power supply module of a plurality of power supply modules having different power supply performances and one controller of a plurality of controllers having different functions, which are selectively combined, wherein

each of the plurality of power supply modules comprises

a bottom plate, and

a power supply module side connection portion common to the plurality of power supply modules, the power supply module side connection portion including a power supply module side communication connection portion that protrudes through an opening in the bottom plate, and

each of the plurality of controllers comprises

a lid, and

a controller side connection portion common to the plurality of controllers and connectable to the power supply module side connection portion, to allow the one power supply module and the one controller to be selectively combined, the controller side connection portion including a controller side communication connection portion that protrudes through an opening in the lid, the controller side communication connection portion being fitted to and electrically connected to the power supply module side communication connection portion in the combination.

2. The power supply device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the power supply performances are related to discharge voltages of the power supply modules.

3. The power supply device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the power supply device serves as an auxiliary power supply device provided on a power supply path between a main power supply and a power supply target of a power supply, and

wherein the functions are to control charging and discharging of the power supply module, including a function of boosting a voltage of the main power supply through the charging and discharging of the power supply module and a function of backing up the power supply at a time of failure of the main power supply through the charging and discharging of the power supply module.

4. A method for providing a power supply device comprising a combination of one power supply module of a plurality of power supply modules having different power supply performances and one controller of a plurality of controllers having different functions, which are selectively combined, the method for providing the power supply device comprising:

a power supply module selection process in which the one power supply module is selected from the plurality of power supply modules having the different power supply performances, each of the plurality of power supply modules comprising

a bottom plate, and

a power supply module side connection portion common to the plurality of power supply modules, the power supply module side connection portion including a power supply module side communication connection portion that protrudes through an opening in the bottom plate; and

a controller selection process in which the one controller is selected from the plurality of controllers having different functions, each of the plurality of controllers comprising

a lid, and

a controller side connection portion common to the plurality of controllers and connectable to the power supply module side connection portion, the controller side connection portion including a controller side communication connection portion that protrudes through an opening in the lid, the controller side communication connection portion being fitted to and electrically connected to the power supply module side communication connection portion in the combination.

5. The method for providing the power supply device according to claim 4 ,

wherein the power supply performances of the power supply modules to be selected in the power supply module selection process are related to discharge voltages of the power supply modules.

6. The method for providing the power supply device according to claim 4 ,

wherein the power supply device serves as an auxiliary power supply device provided on a power supply path between a main power supply and a power supply target of a power supply, and

wherein the functions of the controllers to be selected in the controller selection process are to control charging and discharging of the power supply module, including a function of boosting a voltage of the main power supply through the charging and discharging of the power supply module and a function of backing up the power supply at a time of failure of the main power supply through the charging and discharging of the power supply module.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 18, 2022
From: JTEKT CORPORATION
To: JTEKT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059230/0125 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 19, 2020
From: ONISHI, TAKANORI; NISHI, KOJI; SAWADA, SHINICHI; SUGIYAMA, TOYOKI; MIO, TAKUMI; KOMATSUBARA, YUKIHIRO; SHINODA, SATOSHI; KAWANO, MASAFUMI
To: JTEKT CORPORATION; KYOHO MACHINE WORKS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 051969/0229 →