H02J7/1492

Vehicle power supply control system, vehicle power supply control method, and storage medium
11404893 · 2022-08-02 · ·

A vehicle power supply control system includes a communicator configured to receive an emergency notification for notifying that an emergency situation has occurred and a controller configured to control charging and discharging of a secondary battery that supplies electric power to an electric motor for outputting a travel driving force of a vehicle. The controller is configured to perform control for extending an electric power supply range in the secondary battery in a case where the communicator has received the emergency notification.

POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM
20220302731 · 2022-09-22 ·

A power supply system includes: a capacitive first battery; an output-type second battery having a smaller heat capacity than the first battery; a voltage converter that converts a voltage between first and second power circuits; a power converter that converts power between the first power circuit and a drive motor; and a power controller that operates the voltage converter and the power converter. The power controller is configured to: after a start of operation, execute a power pass control under which power is transferred between the first and second batteries, until a total output upper limit Ptot_max of all the batteries exceeds a travelable threshold value Pready1; and subsequent to the power pass control, execute a second priority control under which the second battery is discharged in preference to the first battery, until a first output upper limit P1_max of the first battery exceeds a margin traveling threshold value Pready2.

POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR MOBILE BODY
20220302730 · 2022-09-22 ·

A power supply system includes: a voltage converter that converts a voltage between first and second power circuits; a power controller that controls charging and discharging of first and second batteries; a cooling output controller that controls cooling output for the second battery; a temperature remaining-capacity acquirer that acquires a temperature remaining-capacity T2_mar; and a cooling remaining-capacity acquirer that acquires a cooling remaining-capacity PC2_mar depending on a difference between maximum cooling output and the cooling output of the second cooler. The power controller is configured to stop the voltage converter in a case where at least one of the temperature remaining-capacity T2_mar and the cooling remaining-capacity PC2_mar is less than an associated one of a threshold value for the temperature remaining-capacity and a threshold value for the cooling remaining-capacity and a potential difference between the first and second batteries is equal to or more than a potential difference threshold value.

POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM

A power supply system includes: a first power circuit having a first battery, a second power circuit having a second battery, a voltage converter which converts voltage between the first power circuit and the second power circuit, a power converter which converts power between the first power circuit and the drive motor, a power control unit which controls charge/discharge of the first and second batteries by operating the voltage converter and the power converter, a first voltage parameter acquisition unit which calculates an effective value for the closed circuit voltage of the first battery as a first voltage parameter, a second voltage parameter acquisition unit which calculates the static voltage of the second battery as a second voltage parameter, in which the power control unit causes power to discharge from the second battery so that the second voltage parameter becomes no more than the first voltage parameter.

POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND POWER DISTRIBUTION METHOD
20220281612 · 2022-09-08 ·

A power distribution system 100 is installed in an aircraft, and comprises: a first DC power supply unit 10 including a generator 11; a second DC power source unit 20 including a battery 30, a step-up/down converter 41, a voltage sensor 43, and control unit 44; and a diode 50. When the voltage sensor 43 does not detect regenerative power, the control unit 44 executes a running power processing mode in which generated power generated by the first DC power supply unit 10 is supplied to an electric actuator 80 while charging and discharging the battery 30 using the step-up/down converter 41 so as to keep a charge rate A of the battery 30 within a predetermined range. When the voltage sensor 43 detects regenerative power, the control unit 44 executes a regenerative power processing mode in which the battery 30 is charged with the regenerative power using the step-up/down converter 41.

VEHICLE
20220294256 · 2022-09-15 ·

A vehicle includes a motor configured to generate electric power, an energy storage device configured to store the electric power generated by the motor, a drive device electrically connected to the energy storage device and the motor and configured to drive the motor, and a processor configured to control the drive device to cause the motor to generate less power when a circulating current occurs than when there is no circulating current. The circulating current is a current that does not flow into the drive device but circulates in the energy storage device or that circulates between inside and outside of the energy storage device.

ELECTRIC MOTOR DRIVING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, VEHICLE, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM
20220085746 · 2022-03-17 ·

The present disclosure discloses a motor drive apparatus, a method for controlling the same, a vehicle, and a readable storage medium, where the control method includes: obtaining a required heating power and a required charging power; and adjusting a current value and direction of each phase current of a three-phase motor based on the required heating power, the required charging power, and an output of the motor at a zero torque, to simultaneously control a process of charging a power battery by a power supply module, the torque of the three-phase motor at a zero output, and a three-phase inverter and the three-phase motor to heat a heat exchange medium flowing through at least one of the three-phase inverter or the three-phase motor.

Power system for a work vehicle

A working machine includes: a first generator having: a rotor to be rotated by power from a PTO shaft; a rotor coil provided to the rotor; and a stator coil to generate electricity when magnetizing current is applied to the rotor coil; a working device to be operated by the electricity generated by the first generator; and a converter device to convert surplus electricity not consumed by the working device into the magnetizing current to be applied to the rotor coil.

MARINE PROPULSION SYSTEM, OUTBOARD MOTOR, AND MARINE VESSEL
20220081090 · 2022-03-17 ·

A marine propulsion system includes an outboard motor installed on a hull and including an engine to drive a propulsion generator, and a generator to generate power by driving of the engine, a capacitor provided in the outboard motor to smooth the power generated by the generator and output the smoothed power to a device on a hull side, and a power distributor provided in the outboard motor to limit an output from the capacitor to the device on the hull side.

Modular portable power systems and methods
11283131 · 2022-03-22 ·

The application describes systems and methods for a modular portable power plant system including a first module having a first bank of one or more batteries and a second module that is detachably connectable to the first module. The second module includes a first DC to AC power inverter that is in electrical communications with the first bank of one or more batteries. The first module can be configured to house a first bank of one or more batteries arranged in a first configuration or a second configuration such that the first module includes a reconfigurable battery rack assembly arranged to be reconfigurable to provide support for a first battery set in the first configuration and a second battery set in the second configuration.