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US 12,640,570 · App. 17/977,428 · Granted May 26, 2026

Charging system for electric vehicles

Inventors: Uwe Drofenik (Zürich, CH); Francisco Canales (Baden-Dättwil, CH); Ki-Bum Park (Fislisbach, CH)
Assignee: ABB E-Mobility B.V.
H02J7/02B60L53/00H02M3/33569B60L2210/30B60L2210/40H02J2207/20
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Patent No.
US 12,640,570
App. No.
17/977,428
Granted
May 26, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A charging system for electric vehicles includes a line interphase transformer, LIT-based rectifier configured for connecting an input of the LIT-based rectifier to an AC medium-voltage power signal and for outputting a medium-voltage DC-signal; a modular DC/AC converter with large step-down gain is configured for transforming the medium-voltage DC-signal into a medium-voltage HF-AC-signal; and a medium-frequency transformer, MFT, is configured for transforming the medium-voltage HF-AC-signal into a low-voltage HF-AC-signal for the at least one charging box.

Claims (23)

1 . A charging system configured for delivering a low voltage power signal to at least one charging box for charging electric vehicles, the charging system comprising:

a line interphase transformer (LIT)-based rectifier, configured for connecting an input of the LIT-based rectifier to an AC medium-voltage power signal and for outputting a medium-voltage DC-signal;

a modular direct current to alternating current (DC/AC) converter with large step-down gain configured for transforming the medium-voltage DC-signal into a medium-voltage HF-AC-signal; and

a medium-frequency transformer (MFT) configured for transforming the medium-voltage HF-AC-signal into a low-voltage HF-AC-signal for the at least one charging box.

2 . The charging system according to claim 1 , further comprising an inductor configured for a filtering connection between each phase of the AC medium-voltage power signal and each input of the LIT-based rectifier.

3 . The charging system according to claim 1 , wherein the LIT-based rectifier comprises a multi-pulse LIT with a pulse number of 12, of 18, of 24, or of higher than 24.

4 . The charging system according to claim 1 , wherein the LIT-based rectifier comprises a LIT and a multi-pulse diode rectifier.

5 . The charging system according to claim 4 , wherein each one of the diodes of the multi-pulse diode rectifier is realized as a thyristor.

6 . The charging system according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of charging boxes, each one of the plurality of charging boxes comprising:

a low-voltage MFT,

a low-voltage AC/DC-converter, and

a charging pole for charging electric vehicles.

7 . A method for transforming an AC medium-voltage power signal into a low voltage power signal for at least one charging box for charging electric vehicles, the method comprising:

providing the AC medium-voltage power signal;

transforming, by utilizing a LIT-based rectifier, the AC medium-voltage power signal into a medium-voltage DC-signal;

transforming the medium-voltage DC-signal into a HF-AC medium-voltage signal; and

transforming, by utilizing a medium-frequency transformer, MFT, the HF AC medium-voltage signal into the low-voltage power signal;

wherein the low-voltage power signal is an HF-AC signal and is configured to serve as a low voltage power signal for at least one charging box.

8 . The method according to claim 7 , further comprising filtering, by utilizing an inductor, each phase of the AC medium-voltage power signal from each input of the LIT-based rectifier.

9 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the low-voltage HF-AC-signal is connected to a DC voltage bus for low-voltage power distribution.

10 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the low-voltage HF-AC-signal is connected to an AC/DC transformer that outputs the LV DC signal to the DC voltage bus.

11 . The charging system according to claim 1 , wherein the LIT-based rectifier comprises a line-side interphase transformer, whose outputs are fed to a multi-pulse diode rectifier.

12 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the LIT-based rectifier comprises a line-side interphase transformer, whose outputs are fed to a multi-pulse diode rectifier.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 7, 2023
From: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
To: ABB E-MOBILITY B.V.
Reel/Frame 062612/0432 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 29, 2022
From: DROFENIK, UWE; CANALES, FRANCISCO; PARK, KI-BUM
To: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
Reel/Frame 062231/0137 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 20172514 · Apr 30, 2020 · regional
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTEP2021060252 · Apr 20, 2021
Related Publication 20230050293A1 · Feb 16, 2023
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