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US 10,951,060 B2Granted
Energy supply device to supply electrical energy for at least one terminal device and method for operating an energy supply device
AssigneeAudi AG
InventorTobias Graßl
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Abstract
An energy supply device to supply electrical energy for a motor vehicle, having a power grid connector for connection of the energy supply device to an alternating current power grid, having at least one first connecting device for producing a cabled electrical connection between the power grid connector and the motor vehicle, and having at least one second connecting device for producing a cableless electrical connection between the power grid connector and the motor vehicle. The first connecting device and the second connecting device are connected to the power grid connector via a common rectifier device.
Claims7
An energy supply device to supply electrical energy for a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a power grid connector for connection of the energy supply device to an alternating current power grid, having at least one first connecting device for producing a cabled electrical connection between the power grid connector and the motor vehicle, and having at least one second connecting device for producing a cableless electrical connection between the power grid connector and the motor vehicle,
- wherein the first connecting device and the second connecting device are connected to the power grid connector by way of a rectifier device,
- wherein the rectifier device has a first rectifier and a second rectifier, which, on the one hand, are electrically connected in parallel to the power grid connector,
- wherein the first rectifier is electrically linked, on the other hand, to the first connecting device, and the second rectifier is electrically linked, on the other hand, to the second connecting device,
- wherein, in a first kind of operation of the energy supply device, the first rectifier is electrically connected to the first connecting device and is separated from the second connecting device, and the second rectifier is electrically connected to the second connecting device and is separated from the first connecting device,
- wherein, in a second kind of operation of the energy supply device, the first rectifier and the second rectifier are electrically connected in parallel and are each electrically connected to the first connecting device and the second connecting device,
- wherein the energy supply device further comprises at least one switch at output ends of the first rectifier and the second rectifier, and in the second kind of operation, the first rectifier and the second rectifier are electrically connected to each other at the output ends of the first rectifier and the second rectifier via the at least one switch, and
- wherein the at least one switch is off-state in the first kind of operation, and the at least one switch is on-state in the second kind of operation.
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A method for operating an energy supply device to supply electrical energy for a motor vehicle, in particular for operating an energy supply device comprising:
- equipping the energy supply device with a power grid connector for connection of the energy supply device to an alternating current power grid, with at least one first connecting device for producing a cabled electrical connection between the power grid connector and the motor vehicle, and with at least one second connecting device for producing a cableless electrical connection between the power grid connector and the motor vehicle,
- wherein the first connecting device and the second connecting device are connected to the power grid connector via a rectifier device,
- wherein the rectifier device has a first rectifier and a second rectifier, which, on the one hand, are electrically connected in parallel to the power grid connector,
- wherein the first rectifier is electrically linked, on the other hand, to the first connecting device, and the second rectifier is electrically linked, on the other hand, to the second connecting device,
- wherein, in a first kind of operation of the energy supply device, the first rectifier is electrically connected to the first connecting device and is separated from the second connecting device, and the second rectifier is electrically connected to the second connecting device and is separated from the first connecting device,
- wherein, in a second kind of operation of the energy supply device, the first rectifier and the second rectifier are electrically connected in parallel and are each electrically connected to the first connecting device and the second connecting device, and
- wherein the energy supply device further comprises at least one switch at output ends of the first rectifier and the second rectifier, and in the second kind of operation, the first rectifier and the second rectifier are electrically connected to each other at the output ends of the first rectifier and the second rectifier via the at least one switch, and
- wherein the at least one switch is off-state in the first kind of operation, and the at least one switch is on-state in the second kind of operation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.