H02J7/0029

Protection circuits for wireless power receivers

Exemplary protection circuitry for wireless power systems can include a battery disconnect circuit, a load dump protection circuit, and/or a coil disconnect circuit. One or more of these protection circuits may be employed by a wireless power receiver. Further, one or more of these protection circuits may enable a wireless power receiver to be able to protect itself independently from a wireless power transmitter, thereby increasing safety of the wireless power system.

Method to charge battery and electronic device including battery

Disclosed is an electronic device. The electronic device includes a battery, a charging part configured to be connectable to an external charging device to charge the battery, a memory, and a processor operatively connected to the charging part and the memory. The processor may determine whether the charging part is connected to the external charging device, determine whether the electronic device moves and/or electronic device usage time information of a user, and reduce a voltage at which the battery enters supplementary charging to a second voltage lower than a first voltage which corresponds to a value stored in the memory, based on whether the electronic device moves and/or the electronic device usage time information. In addition, it is possible to implement various other embodiments understood through the disclosure.

Secondary battery
11695285 · 2023-07-04 · ·

A secondary battery includes a protection module package including a tab bridge, an input/output terminal, and an insulating body that includes a middle block and side block, the middle block having the input/output terminal therein, the side block being spaced apart from the middle block, and the tab bridge connecting the middle block to the side block; and a bare cell including an electrode that is electrically connected to the tab bridge.

Power system

A power system provides power from a power source to a load via a distribution bus, and includes a DC-DC converter coupled in parallel with a network of switching elements coupled between an output terminal of the power source and the distribution bus. A controller is configured to selectively activate or deactivate the DC-DC converter and each of the switching elements to enable the power source to power the load via the distribution bus. The switching elements may be transistors, and the diodes may be parasitic body diodes of the transistors. The power source may be a battery, such as a rechargeable battery. An output voltage level from the battery may be regulated by the controller as a function of operation of the DC-DC converter and a number of the activated or deactivated transistors.

APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING EMERGENCY POWER

An apparatus for supplying emergency power according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a protection circuit unit connected to a battery and configured to limit an available voltage range of the battery; a bypass unit connected in parallel to the protection circuit unit and configured to form a bypass path of a current output from the battery according to an operation state of a disposed switching element; and a control unit configured to electrically connect the bypass path formed by the bypass unit by controlling the operation state of the switching element to a turn-on state.

Methods and apparatus for autonomous balancing and communication in a battery system

An apparatus for communication and balancing in a battery system includes a battery pack connected to a management network. The management network is configured to communicate with a master controller via a communication bus. The apparatus is configured to operate in a communication mode and a balancing mode.

Vehicle jump starter device
11545842 · 2023-01-03 ·

A jump starter device can include sensors to measure data of a vehicle coupled to the jump starter device. The jump starter device can include a controller configured to process the load data to determine the status of the load, such as the conditions of the vehicle connected to the jump starter.

EUROPEAN STANDARD-BASED DOUBLE-GUN HIGH-POWER QUICK CHARGING SYSTEM AND METHOD
20220410736 · 2022-12-29 ·

A European standard-based double-gun high-power quick charging system and method are disclosed. The system includes a battery management system, and at least two paths composed of corresponding charging communication modules, chargers and high-voltage charging loops, each of the chargers connected to at least one charging gun; the battery management system independently controls the charging communication module and high-voltage charging loop, and performs mapping management on a control signal and high-voltage charging loop; information interaction between different charging control units and chargers is carried out independently. By designing the system compatibility and time sequence difference when a double-gun system is connected, the problem of idle chargers is solved, so that the charging speed is increased, and the problems of long-time occupation of charging resources by vehicles and low utilization efficiency of vehicles are avoided; insulation detection performed on the initial charging of vehicle battery system increases safety of the system.

ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING CONNECTOR AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING ASSEMBLY COMPRISING SAME
20220410743 · 2022-12-29 ·

The present disclosure relates to an electric vehicle charging connector, in which a heat sink is provided to effectively cool the electric vehicle charging connector during charging of an electric vehicle, heat generated in an interface between an electric vehicle cable and a conductor of a connector connection unit is quickly absorbed by the heat sink, and a cooling fluid flows in the heat sink to cool an electric vehicle charging cable and is collected in an electric vehicle charger after cooling of the heat sink, and an electric vehicle charging assembly.

IN-VEHICLE SYSTEM AND JUNCTION BOX

An in-vehicle system is provided with a front J/B and a first voltage detection unit. The front J/B has a main relay unit, a second voltage detection unit, and a second MCU. Based on detection results detected by the first voltage detection unit and a second voltage detection unit when the main relay unit is subjected to on/off operations, the second MCU monitors whether each of the main relay unit, the first voltage detection unit, and the second voltage detection unit has abnormality or not.