IP Library Granted Patent US 9,599,650
Granted Patent B2
US 9,599,650 · App. 14/373,944 · Granted Mar 21, 2017

Secure on-board system for charging the battery of a motor vehicle from a power supply network

Inventors: Ludovic Merienne (Villejust, FR); Ahmed Ketfi-Cherif (Elancourt, FR); Christophe Ripoll (Chevreuse, FR); Christophe Konate (Massy, FR)
Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.
G01R31/025B60L3/00B60L11/1816B60L11/1848G01R27/205H02J7/0029H02J7/0052G01R31/007H02J7/02Y02T10/7005Y02T10/7072Y02T90/121Y02T90/128Y02T90/14Y02T90/163Y02T90/169Y04S30/14
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Patent No.
US 9,599,650
App. No.
14/373,944
Granted
Mar 21, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A secure system for charging a battery of a motor vehicle from a power supply network, which system is in a vehicle and includes a mechanism measuring frequency of the network, an injection mechanism injecting current pulses into the network, a mechanism measuring voltage between the ground and a neutral of the network, an analog filter filtering the measured voltages at high frequencies, a digital filter filtering the analog-filtered voltages at low frequencies, and a mechanism determining resistance between the ground and the neutral of the network on the basis of the digitally filtered voltages and an amplitude of the current pulses. The digital filter includes a mean value filter which determines a mean value based on N voltage measurements spaced apart by a time interval T+T/N, where T is the period of the network determined by the mechanism measuring the frequency of the network.

Claims (32)

1. A secure system for charging a battery of a motor vehicle from a power supply network, the system being on board the motor vehicle and comprising:

means for measuring frequency of the power supply network;

means for injecting current pulses into the power supply network;

means for measuring voltage between ground and a neutral of the power supply network;

an analog filter for filtering the measured voltages at high frequencies;

a digital filter for filtering the analog-filtered voltages at low frequencies; and

means for determining resistance between the ground and the neutral of the power supply network on the basis of the digitally filtered voltages and an amplitude of the current pulses;

wherein the digital filter comprises a mean value filter determining a mean value on the basis of N voltage measurements spaced apart by a time interval T+T/N, with N being a number of voltage measurements and T being the period of the power supply network determined by the means for measuring the frequency of the power supply network.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the analog filter is a second-order analog filter with a cut-off frequency lying between 800 Hz and 1.2 kHz, or of 1 kHz, and a damping factor lying between 0.6 and 0.8, or of 0.7.

3. The system as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the current pulses have a duration at least above 0.8 ms, or of lies, and a maximum amplitude lying between 18 mA and 22 mA, or of 20 mA.

4. The system as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising secure command means capable of activating charging of the battery from the power supply network only if the measured ground resistance is below an activation threshold.

5. The system as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the activation threshold corresponds to a resistance value lying between 20 and 600 ohms, or of 200 ohms.

6. A secure method for charging a battery of a motor vehicle from a power supply network estimating resistance between the ground and a neutral of the power supply network, comprising:

measuring, with first circuitry, frequency of the power supply network;

injecting, with second circuitry, current pulses into the power supply network;

performing, with third circuitry, measurements of the voltage between the ground and the neutral of the power supply network in response to each pulse;

analog-filtering, with an analog filter, the measured voltages at high frequencies;

filtering digitally, with a digital filter, the analog-filtered voltages at low frequencies; and

determining, with fourth circuitry, resistance between the ground and the neutral on the basis of the digitally filtered voltages and an amplitude of the current pulses,

wherein the digital filtering comprises determining a mean value on the basis of N voltage measurements spaced apart by a time interval T+T/N, with N being a number of voltage measurements and T being the period of the power supply network determined on the basis of the measurement of the frequency of the power supply network.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the analog filtering comprises a second-order filtering with a cut-off frequency lying between 800 Hz and 1.2 kHz, or of 1 kHz, and a damping factor lying between 0.6 and 0.8, or of 0.7.

8. The method as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the current pulses have a duration at least above 0.8 ms, or of 1 ms, and a maximum amplitude lying between 18 mA and 22 mA, or of 20 mA.

9. The method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein a duration of the current pulses injected into the power supply network corresponds at least to the period of the power supply network.

10. The method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the power supply network is coupled to the battery only if the measured ground resistance is below an activation threshold.

11. A secure system for charging a battery of a motor vehicle from a power supply network, the system being on board the motor vehicle and comprising:

first circuitry configured to measure frequency of the power supply network;

second circuitry configured to inject current pulses into the power supply network;

third circuitry configured to measure voltage between ground and a neutral of the power supply network;

an analog filter configured to filter the measured voltages at high frequencies;

a digital filter configured to filter the analog-filtered voltages at low frequencies; and

fourth circuitry configured to determine resistance between the ground and the neutral of the power supply network on the basis of the digitally filtered voltages and an amplitude of the current pulses;

wherein the digital filter comprises a mean value filter determining a mean value on the basis of N voltage measurements spaced apart by a time interval T+T/N, with N being a number of voltage measurements and T being the period of the power supply network determined by the first circuitry configured to measure the frequency of the power supply network.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 23, 2024
From: RENAULT S.A.S.
To: AMPERE S.A.S.
Reel/Frame 067526/0311 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 23, 2014
From: MERIENNE, LUDOVIC; KETFI-CHERIF, AHMED; RIPOLL, CHRISTOPHE; KONATE, CHRISTOPHE
To: RENAULT S.A.S.
Reel/Frame 033369/0891 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 12 51168 · Feb 8, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150028818A1 · Jan 29, 2015