Power distribution system architectures are described that can safely and effectively support the power needs of automotive original equipment manufacturer (OEM) systems and state-of-the-art autonomous systems and devices. In some implementations, a power distribution system may include: vehicle power sources that produce an output voltage to operate one or more devices in the vehicle, and power bridge devices that electrically couple an vehicle power source to the multiple banks of battery bridge devices and to power distribution units (PDUs). Various electrical loads in the vehicle can be electrically coupled to the battery bridge devices and to the PDUs.

Power distribution system architectures are described that can safely and effectively support the power needs of automotive original equipment manufacturer (OEM) systems and state-of-the-art autonomous systems and devices. In some implementations, a power distribution system may include: vehicle power sources that produce an output voltage to operate one or more devices in the vehicle, and power bridge devices that electrically couple an vehicle power source to the multiple banks of battery bridge devices and to power distribution units (PDUs). Various electrical loads in the vehicle can be electrically coupled to the battery bridge devices and to the PDUs.

In a battery heating system an inverter includes a first-phase bridge arm, a second-phase bridge arm and a third-phase bridge arm connected in parallel, each of a upper bridge arm and a lower bridge arm is provided with a switch module, the switch module is connected in parallel with a buffer module; and a motor controller in the inverter is provided for providing driving signals to the switch module of a target upper bridge arm and the switch module of a target lower bridge arm to control the switch module of the upper bridge arm of any bridge arm among the three phases of bridge arms and the switch module of the lower bridge arm of at least one bridge arm among the bridge arms except the bridge arm where the switch module of the target upper bridge arm is located to be periodically turned on and off.

A control apparatus for a vehicle determines whether to perform either of a first control and a second control. In the first control, power is transferred between a power supply facility outside a vehicle and a power storage apparatus during stopping of the vehicle. In the second control, power is transferred between a rotating electric machine and the power storage apparatus through an inverter during traveling of the vehicle. In response to the first control, the apparatus performs control of the inverter to set a controlled variable to be equal to or less than a first limit value. In response to the second control, the apparatus performs control of the inverter to set a controlled variable to be equal to or less than a second limit value. The apparatus sets at least either of the first and second limit values to a value suppressing decrease in drivability of the vehicle.

An electrically powered vehicle includes a target battery that is externally chargeable and externally power feedable, a sensor that detects a temperature of the target battery, and a controller that performs charging control, discharging control, and temperature increase control of the target battery. The temperature increase control is control for increasing a temperature of the target battery by selecting any of external electric power and battery power and generating heat with the selected electric power. The controller receives a leveling signal that requests for power leveling. When the temperature of the target battery is lower than a first temperature during external power feed requested by the leveling signal, the controller performs the temperature increase control by using battery power before the external power feed requested by the leveling signal.

A battery control device includes: a charging/discharging control unit; an outside air temperature acquiring unit; and a state-of-charge upper limit setting unit setting a state-of-charge upper limit which is an upper limit of the management range of the state of charge when the acquired outside air temperature is lower than a predetermined air temperature to a low-temperature state-of-charge upper limit which is lower than the state-of-charge upper limit when the outside air temperature is higher than the predetermined air temperature. The battery control device further includes a state-of-charge lower limit setting unit setting a state-of-charge lower limit when the acquired outside air temperature is lower than the predetermined air temperature to a low-temperature state-of-charge lower limit which is lower than the state-of-charge lower limit when the outside air temperature is higher than the predetermined air temperature.

The present application provides a battery thermal management system, a control method and device of a battery heating system, a device, and a medium. The method includes: acquiring a temperature rise rate parameter of the battery; determining proportions of a square wave signal and a sine wave signal in a first control signal of the switch components according to the temperature rise rate parameter; generating the first control signal of the switch components according to the proportions of the square wave signal and the sine wave signal; outputting the first control signal to the switch components to control switching on or off of the switch components via the first control signal, so as to generate an alternating current in a loop connecting the battery and the motor and heat the battery using the alternating current.

The present application provides a battery thermal management system, a control method and device of a battery heating system, a device, and a medium. The method includes: acquiring a temperature rise rate parameter of the battery; determining proportions of a square wave signal and a sine wave signal in a first control signal of the switch components according to the temperature rise rate parameter; generating the first control signal of the switch components according to the proportions of the square wave signal and the sine wave signal; outputting the first control signal to the switch components to control switching on or off of the switch components via the first control signal, so as to generate an alternating current in a loop connecting the battery and the motor and heat the battery using the alternating current.

A power system includes a primary bus connected to a traction battery, a secondary bus connected to an auxiliary battery, a power converter between the traction and auxiliary batteries, and a controller. The controller commands the power converter to increase a magnitude of current output to the secondary bus when an amount of charge current received by the traction battery exceeds a first amount threshold and commands the power converter to decrease the magnitude when an amount of charge current received by the auxiliary battery exceeds a second amount threshold.

An electric vehicle includes a controller configured to receive sensor feedback from a high voltage storage device and from a low voltage storage device, compare the sensor feedback to operating limits of the respective high and low voltage storage device, determine, based on the comparison a total charging current to the high voltage storage device and to the low voltage storage device and a power split factor of the total charging current to the high voltage device and to the low voltage device, and regulate the total power to the low voltage storage device and the high voltage storage device based on the determination.