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US 11,938,832 · App. 17/408,551 · Granted Mar 26, 2024

Charging station with multiple charging plug and circuit for charging station

Inventors: Huali Zhang (Anhui, CN); Xiangfa Liu (Anhui, CN)
Assignee: Sungrow Power Supply Co., Ltd.
B60L53/16B60L53/11B60L53/30H02J7/0024H02J7/02B60L2210/10B60L2210/30
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Patent No.
US 11,938,832
App. No.
17/408,551
Granted
Mar 26, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A charging station with multiple plugs and a circuit for the charging station are provided. The circuit comprises a power distribution unit, a control unit, one AC/DC unit and multiple DC/DC units. The AC/DC unit is connected with an input end of each DC/DC unit via a bus; an output end of each DC/DC unit is connected to a corresponding charging plug port via the power distribution unit; and the control unit is configured to detect an output voltage of each of the DC/DC units, and control the power distribution unit to operate according to the output voltage of each of the DC/DC units and a power requirement of a charging plug port, to cause at least one of the DC/DC units to be connected to the charging plug port to achieve power distribution of the charging plug port.

Claims (24)

1. A circuit for a charging station with multiple charging plugs, comprising a power distribution unit, a control unit, one alternating current (AC)/direct current (DC) unit and at least two DC/DC units, wherein

the AC/DC unit is connected with an input end of each of the DC/DC units via a bus;

an output end of each of the DC/DC units is connected to a corresponding charging plug port via the power distribution unit; and

the control unit is configured to detect an output voltage of each of the DC/DC units, and control the power distribution unit to operate according to the output voltage of each of the DC/DC units and a power requirement of a charging plug port, to cause at least one of the DC/DC units to be connected to the charging plug port to achieve power distribution of the charging plug port,

wherein the power distribution unit comprises at least one of a parallel branch that connects the output ends of the DC/DC units in parallel and a series branch that connects the output ends of the DC/DC units in series, wherein the parallel branch and the series branch each is provided with a controllable switch.

2. The circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the parallel branch comprises a positive branch that connects positive output ends of the DC/DC units together and a negative branch that connects negative output ends of the DC/DC units together, wherein the positive branch and the negative branch each is provided with a controllable switch.

3. The circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the series branch comprises a branch that connects a positive output end of one DC/DC unit to a negative output end of another DC/DC unit.

4. The circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the power distribution unit further comprises independent branches configured to cause the DC/DC units output independently from each other, wherein the independent branches each is provided with a controllable switch.

5. The circuit according to claim 4 , wherein each of the DC/DC units is connected to a corresponding charging plug port via one of the independent branches.

6. The circuit according to claim 4 , wherein the independent branch comprises a positive branch and a negative branch arranged at the output end of the DC/DC unit corresponding to the independent branch, wherein at least the positive branch is provided with a controllable switch.

7. The circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit, for controlling the power distribution unit to operate, is configured to:

control the controllable switch in the power distribution unit to be closed or opened, to cause the DC/DC units to output independently or cause the DC/DC units to be connected in series and/or in parallel for output.

8. The circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit comprises controllers respectively arranged in the DC/DC units; and

the controller is configured to detect an output voltage of the corresponding DC/DC unit, and control the controllable switch in the power distribution unit to be closed or opened, to control power distribution of the DC/DC unit.

9. The circuit according to claim 1 , wherein a main circuit of the DC/DC unit is an isolated conversion topology or a non-isolated conversion topology.

10. The circuit according to claim 1 , wherein a main circuit of the AC/DC unit is a single-phase rectifier power factor correction rectifier circuit or a three-phase rectifier power factor correction rectifier circuit.

11. A charging station with multiple charging plugs, comprising a shell, a heat sink arranged inside the shell, a circuit for the charging station with multiple charging plugs, and a plurality of charging plugs arranged outside the shell, wherein

the circuit comprises a power distribution unit, a control unit, one alternating current (AC)/direct current (DC) unit and at least two DC/DC units, wherein

the AC/DC unit is connected with an input end of each of the DC/DC units via a bus;

an output end of each of the DC/DC units is connected to a corresponding charging plug port via the power distribution unit; and

the control unit is configured to detect an output voltage of each of the DC/DC units, and control the power distribution unit to operate according to the output voltage of each of the DC/DC units and a power requirement of a charging plug port, to cause at least one of the DC/DC units to be connected to the charging plug port to achieve power distribution of the charging plug port; and wherein

input ends of the plurality of charging plugs are connected to the charging plug ports in the circuit respectively; and

the heat sink is configured to dissipate heart from the circuit,

wherein the power distribution unit comprises at least one of a parallel branch that connects the output ends of the DC/DC units in parallel and a series branch that connects the output ends of the DC/DC units in series, wherein the parallel branch and the series branch each is provided with a controllable switch.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 16, 2021
From: ZHANG, HUALI; LIU, XIANGFA
To: SUNGROW POWER SUPPLY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057811/0333 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202011102702.2 · Oct 15, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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