IP Library Granted Patent US 12,506,415
Granted Patent B2
US 12,506,415 · App. 18/845,472 · Granted Dec 23, 2025

Power conversion device

Inventors: Hideki Miyazaki (Hitachinaka, JP); Takashi Okamoto (Hitachinaka, JP); Toshiyuki Innami (Hitachinaka, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
H02M3/33584H02J1/082H02J1/102H02M1/008H02M3/01H02M3/33573
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Patent No.
US 12,506,415
App. No.
18/845,472
Granted
Dec 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A power conversion device includes: a DC/DC converter; and a control circuit unit that controls the DC/DC converter, in which the DC/DC converter includes a first power output circuit that converts first direct current power into first alternating current power, an isolation transformer that converts the first alternating current power into second alternating current power, and one or a plurality of second power output circuits, each of which converts the second alternating current power into second direct current power, and the control circuit unit includes a resonance characteristic calculator that calculates a resonance characteristic of the second power output circuits based on a load for each of the second power output circuits to output the second direct current power, and determines a drive frequency of the first power output circuit based on an output request value of the second power output circuit and the resonance characteristic that is calculated.

Claims (18)

1 . A power conversion device, comprising:

a DC/DC converter; and

a control circuit unit that controls the DC/DC converter, wherein

the DC/DC converter includes

a first power output circuit that converts first direct current power into first alternating current power,

an isolation transformer that converts the first alternating current power into second alternating current power, and

one or a plurality of second power output circuits, each of which converts the second alternating current power into second direct current power, and

the control circuit unit includes a resonance characteristic calculator that calculates a resonance characteristic of the second power output circuits based on a load for each of the second power output circuits to output the second direct current power, and determines a drive frequency of the first power output circuit based on an output request value of the second power output circuit and the resonance characteristic that is calculated.

2 . The power conversion device according to claim 1 , wherein

the DC/DC converter includes a primary side switching circuit connected between the AC/DC converter and the isolation transformer, and a secondary side switching circuit connected between the first direct current battery and the isolation transformer, and

one of the primary side switching circuit and the secondary side switching circuit is used as the first power output circuit, and another of the first power output circuit and the secondary side switching circuit is used as the second power output circuit.

3 . The power conversion device according to claim 2 , wherein

the DC/DC converter includes a tertiary side circuit connected between a second direct current battery lower in voltage than the first direct current battery and the isolation transformer, and a quaternary side circuit connected between the DC/AC converter and the isolation transformer, and

at least one of the tertiary side circuit and the quaternary side circuit is used for the second power output circuit.

4 . The power conversion device according to claim 3 , wherein the primary side switching circuit is twice or more in rated output power than the quaternary side circuit.

5 . The power conversion device according to claim 3 , wherein

when the primary side switching circuit is used as the second power output circuit, the AC/DC converter outputs alternating current power having a first voltage effective value based on the second direct current power output from the primary side switching circuit, and

the DC/AC converter outputs alternating current power having a second voltage effective value different from the first voltage effective value based on the second direct current power output from the quaternary side circuit.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 2, 2025
From: MIYAZAKI, HIDEKI; OKAMOTO, TAKASHI; INNAMI, TOSHIYUKI
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
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Continuity (1)
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