# US 12,184,098 B2 · Power supply device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,184,098 B2 - Document ID: US12184098B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/322,053 - Filed: 2023-05-23 - Published: 2023-12-07 - Granted: 2024-12-31 - Earliest claimed: 2022-06-06 - Assignees: Yazaki Corporation - Applicants: Yazaki Corporation - Inventors: Mitsuaki Morimoto; Kazuo Sugimura; Hiroteru Kato; Shoya Watanabe - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12184098B2 ## CPC - H02J 7/50: acting upon multiple batteries simultaneously or sequentially - Y02E 60/10: Energy storage using batteries - H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION ## Abstract A positive electrode-side input terminal is connected to a first positive electrode-side battery terminal, a negative electrode-side input terminal is connected to a second negative electrode-side battery terminal, a first switch is connected between a first negative electrode-side battery terminal and a second positive electrode-side battery terminal, a second switch is connected between a second positive electrode-side battery terminal and a first connection point between the positive electrode-side input terminal and the first positive electrode-side battery terminal, a third switch is connected between the first negative electrode-side battery terminal and a second connection point between the negative electrode-side input terminal and the second negative electrode-side battery terminal, a positive electrode-side output terminal is connected to a line connecting the second switch and the second positive electrode-side battery terminal, and a negative electrode-side output terminal to a line connecting the negative electrode-side input terminal and the second negative electrode-side battery terminal. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A power supply device comprising: a first positive electrode-side battery terminal and a first negative electrode-side battery terminal for connecting a battery; a second positive electrode-side battery terminal and a second negative electrode-side battery terminal for connecting a battery; a positive electrode-side input terminal and a negative electrode-side input terminal for connecting a charger; a positive electrode-side output terminal and a negative electrode-side output terminal for connecting a load; a first switch; a second switch; and a third switch, wherein the positive electrode-side input terminal is connected to the first positive electrode-side battery terminal, the negative electrode-side input terminal is connected to the second negative electrode-side battery terminal, the first switch is connected between the first negative electrode-side battery terminal and the second positive electrode-side battery terminal, the second switch is connected between a first connection point and the second positive electrode-side battery terminal, the first connection point being between the positive electrode-side input terminal and the first positive electrode-side battery terminal, the third switch is connected between the first negative electrode-side battery terminal and a second connection point, the second connection point being between the negative electrode-side input terminal and the second negative electrode-side battery terminal, the positive electrode-side output terminal is connected to a line that connects the second switch and the second positive electrode-side battery terminal, and the negative electrode-side output terminal is connected to a line that connects the negative electrode-side input terminal and the second negative electrode-side battery terminal. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The power supply device according to claim 1, further comprising a control unit configured to control the first switch, the second switch and the third switch, wherein the control unit is configured to control the first switch, the second switch and the third switch such that the first switch is opened and the second switch and the third switch are closed when a first battery with a drive voltage that is a first voltage is connected to the first positive electrode-side battery terminal and the first negative electrode-side battery terminal, a second battery with a drive voltage that is the first voltage is connected to the second positive electrode-side battery terminal and the second negative electrode-side battery terminal, a first charger that supplies electric power with the first voltage is connected to the positive electrode-side input terminal and the negative electrode-side input terminal, and a load with a drive voltage that is the first voltage is connected to the positive electrode-side output terminal and the negative electrode-side output terminal. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The power supply device according to claim 2, wherein the control unit is configured to control the first switch, the second switch and the third switch such that the first switch is closed and the second switch and the third switch are opened when the first battery is connected to the first positive electrode-side battery terminal and the first negative electrode-side battery terminal, the second battery is connected to the second positive electrode-side battery terminal and the second negative electrode-side battery terminal, a second charger that supplies electric power with a second voltage is connected to the positive electrode-side input terminal and the negative electrode-side input terminal, the second voltage being a voltage twice the first voltage, and the load is connected to the positive electrode-side output terminal and the negative electrode-side output terminal. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The power supply device according to claim 3, wherein the control unit is configured to control the first switch, the second switch and the third switch such that the first switch is opened and the second switch and the third switch are closed when the first battery is connected to the first positive electrode-side battery terminal and the first negative electrode-side battery terminal, the second battery is connected to the second positive electrode-side battery terminal and the second negative electrode-side battery terminal, a charger is not connected to the positive electrode-side input terminal and the negative electrode-side input terminal, and the load is connected to the positive electrode-side output terminal and the negative electrode-side output terminal. ### Claim 5 A power supply device comprising: a first positive electrode-side battery terminal and a first negative electrode-side battery terminal for connecting a battery; a second positive electrode-side battery terminal and a second negative electrode-side battery terminal for connecting a battery; a positive electrode-side input terminal and a negative electrode-side input terminal for connecting a charger; a positive electrode-side output terminal and a negative electrode-side output terminal for connecting a load; a first switch; a second switch; and a third switch, wherein the positive electrode-side input terminal is connected to the first positive electrode-side battery terminal, the negative electrode-side input terminal is connected to the second negative electrode-side battery terminal, the first switch is connected between the first negative electrode-side battery terminal and the second positive electrode-side battery terminal, the second switch is connected between a first connection point and the second positive electrode-side battery terminal, the first connection point being between the positive electrode-side input terminal and the first positive electrode-side battery terminal, the third switch is connected between the first negative electrode-side battery terminal and a second connection point, the second connection point being between the negative electrode-side input terminal and the second negative electrode-side battery terminal, the positive electrode-side output terminal is connected to a line that connects the positive electrode-side input terminal and the first positive electrode-side battery terminal, and the negative electrode-side output terminal is connected to a line that connects the first negative electrode-side battery terminal and the third switch. ### Claim 6 A power supply device comprising: a first positive electrode-side battery terminal and a first negative electrode-side battery terminal for connecting a battery; a second positive electrode-side battery terminal and a second negative electrode-side battery terminal for connecting a battery; a positive electrode-side input terminal and a negative electrode-side input terminal for connecting a charger; a positive electrode-side output terminal and a negative electrode-side output terminal for connecting a load; a first switch; a second switch; and a third switch, wherein the positive electrode-side input terminal is connected to the first positive electrode-side battery terminal, the negative electrode-side input terminal is connected to the second negative electrode-side battery terminal, the first switch is connected between the first negative electrode-side battery terminal and the second positive electrode-side battery terminal, the second switch is connected between a first connection point and the second positive electrode-side battery terminal, the first connection point being between the positive electrode-side input terminal and the first positive electrode-side battery terminal, the third switch is connected between the first negative electrode-side battery terminal and a second connection point, the second connection point being between the negative electrode-side input terminal and the second negative electrode-side battery terminal, the second switch and the third switch are constituted of two switching elements connected in series, the positive electrode-side output terminal is connected to a line that connects the two switching elements constituting the second switch, and the negative electrode-side output terminal is connected to a line that connects the two switching elements constituting the third switch. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The power supply device according to claim 6, wherein the two switching elements constituting the second switch are a switching element to which a diode is connected in parallel, the two switching elements constituting the third switch is a switching element to which a diode is connected in parallel, for the two switching elements constituting the second switch, a forward direction of the diode connected in parallel to the switching element located on the first connection point side is a direction from the switching element located on the second positive electrode-side battery terminal side to the first connection point, for the two switching elements constituting the second switch, a forward direction of the diode connected in parallel to the switching element located on the second positive electrode-side battery terminal side is a direction from the switching element located on the first connection point side to the second positive electrode-side battery terminal, for the two switching elements constituting the third switch, a forward direction of the diode connected in parallel to the switching element located on the first negative electrode-side battery terminal side is a direction from the switching element located on the second connection point side to the first negative electrode-side battery terminal, and for the two switching elements constituting the third switch, a forward direction of the diode connected in parallel to the switching element located on the second connection point side is a direction from the switching element located on the first negative electrode-side battery terminal side to the second connection point. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The power supply device according to claim 7, further comprising a control unit configured to control the first switch, the second switch and the third switch, wherein the control unit is configured to control the first switch, the second switch and the third switch such that the first switch is closed, one of the two switching elements constituting the second switch is turned on, another one of the two switching elements constituting the second switch is turned off, one of the two switching elements constituting the third switch is turned on, and another one of the two switching elements constituting the third switch is turned off, when a first battery with a drive voltage that is a first voltage is connected to the first positive electrode-side battery terminal and the first negative electrode-side battery terminal, a second battery with a drive voltage that is the first voltage is connected to the second positive electrode-side battery terminal and the second negative electrode-side battery terminal, a second charger that supplies electric power with a second voltage is connected to the positive electrode-side input terminal and the negative electrode-side input terminal, the second voltage being a voltage twice the first voltage, and a load with a drive voltage that is the first voltage is connected to the positive electrode-side output terminal and the negative electrode-side output terminal. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The power supply device according to claim 8, wherein the control unit is configured to control the first switch, the second switch and the third switch such that the first switch is opened and the second switch and the third switch are closed when the first battery is connected to the first positive electrode-side battery terminal and the first negative electrode-side battery terminal, the second battery is connected to the second positive electrode-side battery terminal and the second negative electrode-side battery terminal, a first charger that supplies electric power with the first voltage is connected to the positive electrode-side input terminal and the negative electrode-side input terminal, and the load is connected to the positive electrode-side output terminal and the negative electrode-side output terminal. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The power supply device according to claim 9, wherein the control unit is configured to control the first switch, the second switch and the third switch such that the first switch is opened and the second switch and the third switch are closed when the first battery is connected to the first positive electrode-side battery terminal and the first negative electrode-side battery terminal, the second battery is connected to the second positive electrode-side battery terminal and the second negative electrode-side battery terminal, a charger is not connected to the positive electrode-side input terminal and the negative electrode-side input terminal, and the load is connected to the positive electrode-side output terminal and the negative electrode-side output terminal.