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Granted Patent B2
US 10,766,374 · App. 16/571,462 · Granted Sep 8, 2020

Motor vehicle charging cable

Inventors: Raoul Heyne (Wiernsheim, DE); Jari Rönfanz (Mühlacker, DE)
Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
B60L53/18B60L53/302H01B7/2825H01B7/423H01B9/003H01B9/006
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Patent No.
US 10,766,374
App. No.
16/571,462
Granted
Sep 8, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A motor vehicle charging cable for direct current charging of an electric energy storage device of a vehicle, having a cable jacket, a first electric conductor for a first direct current phase and a second electric conductor for a second direct current phase. The electric conductors are surrounded on the outside by the cable jacket. The electric conductors each have a conductor sheath including an outer and an inner sheathing layer. The electric conductors each have conductor cores extending within the conductor sheath and forming a conductor core strand. The electric conductors each have a first coolant duct for cooling the respective conductor core strand from the inside, which duct is surrounded by the respective conductor cores. The electric conductors furthermore each have a second coolant duct for cooling the respective conductor core strand from the outside. The second coolant duct encloses the respective conductor cores.

Claims (26)

1. A motor vehicle charging cable ( 10 ) for direct current charging of an electric energy storage device of a vehicle, said charging cable comprising:

a cable jacket ( 13 ),

a first electric conductor ( 11 ) for a first direct current phase; and

a second electric conductor ( 12 ) for a second direct current phase,

wherein an outside of both the first and second electric conductors ( 11 , 12 ) is surrounded by the cable jacket ( 13 ),

wherein the first and second electric conductors ( 11 , 12 ) each have a conductor sheath ( 19 ) comprising an outer sheathing layer ( 19 a ) and an inner sheathing layer ( 19 b ),

wherein the first and second electric conductors ( 11 , 12 ) each have conductor cores ( 21 ) extending within the conductor sheath ( 19 ) and forming a conductor core strand ( 20 ),

wherein the first and second electric conductors ( 11 , 12 ) each have a first coolant-carrying duct ( 22 ) for cooling the respective conductor core strand ( 20 ) from an inside of the respective conductor core strand, which first coolant-carrying duct is surrounded by the respective conductor cores ( 21 ),

wherein the first and second electric conductors ( 11 , 12 ) furthermore each have a second coolant-carrying duct ( 23 ) for cooling the respective conductor core strand ( 20 ) from outside of the respective conductor core strand, said second coolant-carrying duct ( 23 ) enclosing the respective conductor cores ( 21 ),

wherein the second coolant-carrying duct ( 23 ) comprises tubular coolant-carrying spacers ( 24 ) that are positioned between the conductor cores ( 21 ) of the conductor core strand ( 20 ) of the respective electric conductor ( 11 , 12 ) and the inner sheathing layer ( 19 b ) of the conductor sheath ( 19 ) of the respective electric conductor ( 11 , 12 ),

wherein the tubular coolant-carrying spacers ( 24 ) divide the respective second coolant duct ( 23 ), through and around which coolant flows, rest against one another and rest against the inner sheathing layer ( 19 b ) of the conductor sheath ( 19 ) of the respective electric conductor ( 11 , 12 ) and also rest directly against the conductor cores ( 21 ) for cooling the conductor cores ( 21 ).

2. The motor vehicle charging cable as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the cable is configured to permit the flow of coolant through the first coolant-carrying duct ( 22 ) of the respective electric conductor ( 11 , 12 ) in a first direction and permit the flow of fluid through the second coolant-carrying duct ( 23 ) of the respective electric conductor ( 11 , 12 ) in an opposite, second direction, wherein the first and the second coolant-carrying duct ( 22 , 23 ) of the respective electric conductor ( 11 , 12 ) define a conductor-specific cooling circuit of the respective electric conductor ( 11 , 12 ).

3. The motor vehicle charging cable as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the first coolant-carrying duct ( 22 ) defines a coolant feed, and the second coolant-carrying duct ( 23 ) defines a coolant return.

4. The motor vehicle charging cable as claimed in claim 1 , wherein respectively adjacent tubular spacers ( 24 ) rest loosely against one another.

5. The motor vehicle charging cable as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the tubular spacers ( 24 ) rest with an adhesive action against the inner sheathing layer ( 19 b ) of the conductor sheath ( 19 ) of the respective electric conductor ( 11 , 12 ), wherein the inner sheathing layer ( 19 b ) is coated with an adhesive agent on a side facing the spacers ( 24 ).

6. The motor vehicle charging cable as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the conductor cores ( 21 ), which each comprise a plurality of core wires ( 25 ), are twisted around the first coolant-carrying duct ( 22 ).

7. The motor vehicle charging cable as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the tubular spacers ( 24 ) are twisted around the conductor cores ( 21 ).

8. The motor vehicle charging cable as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the inner sheathing layer ( 19 b ) of the conductor sheath ( 19 ) comprises a coolant-impermeable aluminum composite foil.

9. The motor vehicle charging cable as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the coolant-impermeable aluminum composite foil is an aluminum polyethylene terephthalate composite foil.

10. The motor vehicle charging cable as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

a control conductor ( 16 ) having a plurality of control lines ( 17 ),

a ground conductor ( 15 ) and a plurality of filling elements ( 18 ) arranged within the cable jacket ( 13 ) in addition to the first and second electric conductors ( 11 , 12 ),

wherein the filling elements ( 18 ) fill out a free space between the cable jacket ( 13 ), the electric conductors ( 11 , 12 ), the control conductor ( 16 ) and the ground conductor ( 15 ) in such a way that both the control conductor ( 16 ) and the ground conductor ( 15 ) rest against the electric conductors ( 11 , 12 ).

11. The motor vehicle charging cable as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the electric conductors ( 11 , 12 ) also rest against one another.

12. The motor vehicle charging cable as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the control conductor ( 16 ) and the ground conductor ( 15 ) rest loosely against the electric conductors ( 11 , 12 ).

13. The motor vehicle charging cable as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the electric conductors ( 11 , 12 ) also rest loosely against one another.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 19, 2019
From: HEYNE, RAOUL, DR.; RÖNFANZ, JARI
To: DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 050428/0433 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2018 122 680 · Sep 17, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200086751A1 · Mar 19, 2020
Cited By (1)
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