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US 10,471,838 B2Granted
High voltage fast charge utilizing two charge ports
AssigneeNIO USA, Inc.
InventorsRick Rajaie, Miaosen Shen, Alexander J. Smith, Austin L. Newman
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Abstract
Systems of an electrical vehicle and the operations thereof are provided. More particularly, a vehicle including a first charging port at a first location on the vehicle and a second charging port at a second location on the vehicle is provided. The first charging port of the vehicle may be different from the second charging port of the vehicle. That is, a standard associated with a receptacle of the first charging port may be different from a standard associated with a receptacle of the second charging port.
Claims20
A vehicle, comprising:
- a first charging port at a first location on the vehicle and that receives charge from a first source that is external to the vehicle;
- a second charging port at a second location on the vehicle and that receives charge from a second source that is external to the vehicle, wherein the first charging port and the second charging port include charging receptacles of a same standard;
- a first charge storage device;
- a second charge storage device;
- and
- switching circuitry to selectively couple the first charging port to at least one of the first charge storage device and the second charge storage device, and to selectively couple the second charging port to at least one of the first charge storage device and the second charge storage device, wherein the switching circuitry comprises:
- a first switch including a first output coupled to the first charging port;
- a second switch including a second output coupled to the second charging port;
- a first converter coupled to the first switch;
- a second converter coupled to the second switch;
- a third switch coupled to the first converter;
- and
- a fourth switch coupled to the second converter;
- wherein the first charge storage device is coupled to a third output of the third switch, and
- wherein the second charge storage device is coupled to a fourth output of the fourth switch.
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A vehicle, comprising:
- a first charging port at a first location on the vehicle;
- a second charging port at a second location on the vehicle, wherein a location of the first charging port is different from the location of the second charging port;
- a first charge storage device;
- a second charge storage device;
- and
- switching circuitry to selectively couple the first charging port to at least one of the first charge storage device and the second charge storage device, and to selectively couple the second charging port to at least one of the first charge storage device and the second charge storage device, wherein the first charging port includes a first wireless charging interface coupled to the first charge storage device and the second charging port includes a second wireless charging interface coupled to the second charge storage device, and wherein the first charge storage device is configured to receive electric charge from the first wireless charging interface when the second charge storage device receives electric charge from the second wireless charging interface.
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A vehicle, comprising:
- a first charging port at a first location on the vehicle;
- a second charging port at a second location on the vehicle, wherein a location of the first charging port is different from the location of the second charging port;
- a first charge storage device;
- a second charge storage device;
- and
- switching circuitry to selectively couple the first charging port to at least one of the first charge storage device and the second charge storage device, and to selectively couple the second charging port to at least one of the first charge storage device and the second charge storage device, wherein the switching circuitry comprises:
- a first switch including a first output coupled to the first charging port;
- a second switch including a second output coupled to the second charging port;
- a first converter coupled to the first switch;
- a second converter coupled to the second switch;
- a third switch coupled to the first converter;
- and
- a fourth switch coupled to the second converter;
- wherein the first charge storage device is coupled to a third output of the third switch, and
- wherein the second charge storage device is coupled to a fourth output of the fourth switch.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.