IP Library Granted Patent US 12,397,653
Granted Patent B2
US 12,397,653 · App. 18/533,505 · Granted Aug 26, 2025

Operating an on-board power supply of an electrically drivable motor vehicle

Inventors: Georg Dobmeier (Kösching, DE); Tobias Grassl (Denkendorf, DE); Kai Marschall (Braunschweig, DE); Cornelius Rettner (Lauf an der Pegnitz, DE); Bjarne Wirsen (Aachen, DE)
Assignees: AUDI AG; VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
B60L15/007B60L58/26B60L53/16B60L2210/40
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Patent No.
US 12,397,653
App. No.
18/533,505
Granted
Aug 26, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The described examples may relate to a method of operating an on-board power supply of an electrically drivable motor vehicle, in which at least one electrical machine is supplied with electrical energy from a vehicle battery connected to the on-board power supply via an inverter connected to the on-board power supply in an intended drive operation, and the inverter may include a radio interference suppression filter to reduce grid-bound interferences. In an example, at least the inverter may be electrically disconnected from the on-board power supply in a charging operation.

Claims (27)

1. A method of operating an on-board power supply of an electrically drivable motor vehicle, comprising:

supplying electrical energy to at least one electrical machine from a vehicle battery connected to the on-board power supply via an inverter connected to the on-board power supply in an intended drive operation, the inverter includes a radio interference suppression filter to reduce grid-bound interferences; and

electrically disconnecting, by a first switching unit, at least the inverter from the on-board power supply in a charging operation of the electrically drivable motor vehicle.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the on-board power supply is supplied with high voltage.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein at least one electrical device connected to the on-board power supply via the inverter, comprises a radio interference suppression filter with Y-capacitors, so that the electrically disconnecting includes deactivation of the Y-capacitors in the charging operation.

4. The method according to claim 3 , further comprising disconnecting, by a second switching unit, the at least one electrical device from the on-board power supply.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising maintaining electrical connection of an electrical cooling device connected to the on-board power supply to cool the vehicle battery to the on-board power supply during the charging operation.

6. The method according to claim 3 , further comprising:

providing an electrical connection operation to electrically connect the at least one electrical device electrically disconnected from the on-board power supply to the on-board power supply, and temporally spacing the charging operation and the electrical connection operation from each other after terminating the charging operation.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the temporally spacing of the electrical connection operation is affected depending on an electrical power of a respective electrical device of the at least one electrical device.

8. An on-board power supply for an electrically drivable motor vehicle, comprising:

at least a first electrical connection to connect to a vehicle battery of the electrically drivable motor vehicle;

a second electrical connection to connect to an inverter that is electrically connected to at least one electrical machine to drive the electrically drivable motor vehicle in an intended drive operation, the inverter includes a radio interference suppression filter to reduce grid-bound interferences;

a charging connection to electrically couple the on-board power supply to a charging station external to vehicle in a charging operation;

a switching unit to electrically disconnect at least the second electrical connection from the on-board power supply depending on a switching state of the switching unit in the charging operation.

9. The on-board power supply according to claim 8 , wherein the switching unit includes at least one electromechanical or electronic switching element.

10. A motor vehicle comprising:

at least one electrical machine to drive the motor vehicle ( 50 ) in an intended drive operation;

an on-board power supply to distribute electrical energy between electrical devices of the motor vehicle;

an inverter connected to the on-board power supply and to the at least one electrical machine to electrically couple the at least one electrical machine to the on-board power supply, the inverter includes a radio interference suppression filter to reduce grid-bound interferences,

a vehicle battery connected to the on-board power supply to provide electrical energy; and

a charging connection connected to the on-board power supply to electrically couple the on-board power supply to a charging station external to vehicle in a charging operation,

wherein the on-board power supply includes,

at least a first electrical connection to connect to the vehicle battery,

a second electrical connection to connect to the inverter that is electrically connected to the at least one electrical machine to drive the motor vehicle in an intended drive operation,

a charging connection to electrically couple the on-board power supply to a charging station external to vehicle in a charging operation, and

a switching unit to electrically disconnect at least the second electrical connection from the on-board power supply depending on a switching state of the switching unit in the charging operation.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE SECOND ASSIGNEE'S NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 67968 FRAME: 344. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT . Recorded Dec 19, 2024
From: DOBMEIER, GEORG; GRASSL, TOBIAS; MARSCHALL, KAI; RETTNER, CORNELIUS; WIRSEN, BJARNE
To: AUDI AG; VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 070580/0724 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 11, 2024
From: DOBMEIER, GEORG; GRASSL, TOBIAS; MARSCHALL, KAI; RETTNER, CORNELIUS; WIRSEN, BJARNE
To: AUDI AG; VOLKSWAGEN AG
Reel/Frame 067968/0344 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2022 132 622.5 · Dec 8, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240190258A1 · Jun 13, 2024
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