IP Library Granted Patent US 11,569,677
Granted Patent B2
US 11,569,677 · App. 16/977,148 · Granted Jan 31, 2023

Charging system

Inventors: Bernhard Laeng (Romanshorn, CH); Alex Itten (Romanshorn, CH); Benjamin Faessler (Waldstatt, CH)
Assignee: Bucher Hydraulics AG
H02J7/06H02J7/0013H02M7/5387H02J2207/20
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Patent No.
US 11,569,677
App. No.
16/977,148
Granted
Jan 31, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A charging system has: a number of connections for connecting at least one electric energy store to be charged; a number n of at least three inverter bridges, each of which has a center tap; a number n of electric filters, wherein the input of each filter of the number n of filters is electrically connected to a respective corresponding center tap of an inverter bridge of the number of inverter bridges; a controllable assigning unit which is inserted between a respective output of a filter of the number n of filters and the number of connections and which is designed to electrically assign the output of each filter of the number n of filters to a respective corresponding connection of the number of connections depending on at least one actuation signal; and a control unit which is designed to generate the at least one actuation signal depending on a desired charge mode of the charging system.

Claims (28)

1. A charging system, comprising:

a number m of connections for connecting at least one electric energy accumulator to be charged;

a number n of at least three inverter bridges, each of which comprises a center tap;

a number n of electrical filters, wherein one input of a respective filter of the number n of filters is electrically connected to a respectively associated center tap of an inverter bridge of the number n of inverter bridges;

a controllable assigning unit, which is interpolated between a respective output of one filter of the number n of filters and the number m of connections and is designed, depending upon at least one actuation signal, to electrically assign a respective output of one filter of the number n of filters to a respectively associated connection of the number m of connections; and

a control unit, which is designed to generate the at least one actuation signal, in accordance with a desired charging mode of the charging system,

wherein the charging system comprises modes of:

(a) simultaneous charging of a plurality of electric energy accumulators with alternating current,

(b) charging of at least one energy accumulator with alternating current, wherein a charging current in charging mode (b) is higher than a charging current in charging mode (a),

(c) simultaneous charging of a plurality of electric energy accumulators with direct current,

(d) charging of at least one electric energy accumulator with direct current, wherein a charging current in charging mode (d) is higher than a charging current in charging mode (c), and

wherein the desired charging mode is selected from one of: (a), (b), (c), or (d).

2. The charging system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an energy supply accumulator which is designed to electrically supply the number n of inverter bridges.

3. The charging system according to claim 1 , wherein

a respective filter of the number n of filters comprises at least one reactance coil and a capacitor.

4. The charging system according to claim 2 , wherein

the control unit is designed to generate the at least one actuation signal for the controllable assigning unit and further actuation signals for switching devices of the inverter bridges, such that the energy supply accumulator is charged by way of electrical energy which is made available on one or more connections of the number m of connections.

5. The charging system according to claim 2 , wherein

the control unit is designed to generate the at least one actuation signal for the controllable assigning unit and further actuation signals for switching devices of the inverter bridges, such that electrical energy which is stored in the energy supply accumulator is injected into an electricity supply grid, which is connected to one connection or a plurality of connections of the number m of connections.

6. The charging system according to claim 2 , wherein

the energy supply accumulator supplies a voltage at a level which is higher than the level of a voltage which is delivered by a charging energy accumulator.

7. The charging system according to claim 1 , wherein

the assigning unit comprises a number of actuatable switching devices.

8. The charging system according to claim 7 , wherein

the actuatable switching devices are contactors.

9. The charging system according to claim 4 , wherein

the control unit is designed to generate the at least one actuation signal for the controllable assigning unit and further actuation signals for switching devices of the inverter bridges, such that electrical energy which is stored in the energy supply accumulator is injected into an electricity supply grid, which is connected to one connection or a plurality of connections of the number m of connections.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 12, 2021
From: SCHMIDHAUSER AG
To: BUCHER HYDRAULICS AG
Reel/Frame 056834/0026 →
ENTITY CONVERSION Recorded Feb 8, 2021
From: ADVANCED VISION RESEARCH, INC.
To: ADVANCED VISION RESEARCH, LLC
Reel/Frame 055257/0224 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 2, 2020
From: LAENG, BERNHARD; ITTEN, ALEX; FAESSLER, BENJAMIN
To: SCHMIDHAUSER AG
Reel/Frame 053963/0452 →