IP Library Granted Patent US 12,673,568
Granted Patent B2
US 12,673,568 · App. 18/032,628 · Granted Jul 7, 2026

Charging circuit having a direct-current terminal and an alternating-current terminal, and vehicle electrical system having a charging circuit

Inventors: Franz Pfeilschifter (Munich, DE); Martin Götzenberger (Munich, DE)
Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
B60L53/22H02J7/04H02J7/90B60L2210/10B60L2210/30H02J2207/20H02J2207/40
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,673,568
App. No.
18/032,628
Filed
Apr 19, 2023
Granted
Jul 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2836
USPC
320/109
Abstract

A charging circuit is equipped with a storage battery terminal, a direct-current terminal and an alternating-current terminal, which is connected to an alternating-current side of a rectifier of the charging circuit. The direct-current side of the rectifier is connected via a changeover switch to a first side of a DC-to-DC converter, wherein the changeover switch connects the first side of the DC-to-DC converter either to the direct-current terminal or to a first potential of the direct-current side of the rectifier. A second potential of the direct-current side of the rectifier is connected to the direct-current terminal via a diode. The reverse direction of the diode points toward the direct-current terminal. A second side of the DC-to-DC converter is connected to the storage battery terminal, to which the direct-current terminal is connected via an isolating switch. A vehicle electrical system having the charging circuit is also described.

Claims (10)

1 . A charging circuit having a storage battery terminal, a direct-current terminal and an alternating-current terminal, which is connected to an alternating-current side of a rectifier of the charging circuit, the direct-current side of which is connected via a changeover switch to a DC-to-DC converter, wherein the changeover switch connects a first side of the DC-to-DC converter either to the direct-current terminal or to a first potential of the direct-current side of the rectifier, and a second potential of the direct-current side of the rectifier is connected to the direct-current terminal via a diode, the reverse direction of which points toward the direct-current terminal, wherein a second side of the DC-to-DC converter is connected to the storage battery terminal, to which the direct-current terminal is connected via an isolating switch.

2 . The power circuit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first potential of the direct-current side of the rectifier is a negative potential which is connected to a negative potential of the first side of the DC-to-DC converter via the changeover switch, and the second potential of the direct-current side of the rectifier is a positive potential which is connected to a positive potential of the direct-current terminal via the diode.

3 . The charging circuit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the isolating switch is in the form of an all-pole isolating switch and the changeover switch has a single-pole design.

4 . The charging circuit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second side of the DC-to-DC converter is connected to the storage battery terminal of the charging circuit directly or via a second, all-pole isolating switch.

5 . The charging circuit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein connection points which connect the second side of the DC-to-DC converter to the storage battery terminal are provided on one side of the isolating switch, while the opposite side of the isolating switch is connected to the first potential of the first side of the DC-to-DC converter via the changeover switch and to the second potential of the first side of the DC-to-DC converter via the diode.

6 . The charging circuit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the rectifier does not provide electrical isolation and the DC-to-DC converter is a DC-to-DC converter that provides electrical isolation.

7 . The power circuit as claimed in claim 1 , which also has an intermediate circuit capacitor which is connected in parallel to the first side of the DC-to-DC converter between the changeover switch and the DC-to-DC converter.

8 . The charging circuit as claimed in claim 1 , which also has a controller which is configured to set the changeover switch to connect the first side of the DC-to-DC converter to the DC voltage side of the rectifier in an alternating-current charging state and to connect the first side of the DC-to-DC converter to the direct-current terminal in a direct-current charging state.

9 . The charging circuit as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the controller is connected to the isolating switch in a controlling manner and is configured to provide the isolating switch in the open state when the alternating-current charging state is present and to provide the isolating switch in the closed state when the direct-current charging state is present.

10 . A vehicle electrical system having a charging circuit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the vehicle electrical system also has a storage battery which is connected to the storage battery terminal of the charging circuit, wherein the vehicle electrical system has at least one component which is connected to a vehicle electrical system terminal of the charging circuit, which is connected to the second side of the DC-to-DC converter and, via a further isolating switch of the charging circuit, to the storage battery terminal of the charging circuit.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 29, 2025
From: VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 072774/0843 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 19, 2023
From: PFEILSCHIFTER, FRANZ; GÖTZENBERGER, MARTIN
To: VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Reel/Frame 063985/0107 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2020 213 227.5 · Oct 20, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230382249A1 · Nov 30, 2023
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