Apparatus and method for controlling bidirectional on board charger of electric vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsJae Hyun Kim, Sung Uk Park, Hyun-Wook Seong, Dong Gyun Woo
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Abstract
An embodiment apparatus for an electric vehicle includes an indoor power outlet configured to receive power through one of a plurality of lines except for a single-phase alternating current (AC) charging line among three-phase AC input lines, a sensor configured to measure a required current of an electronic device connected to the indoor power outlet, and a controller configured to control a bidirectional on board charger of the electric vehicle based on the required current.
Claims18
An apparatus for an electric vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- an indoor power outlet configured to receive power through a line except for a single-phase alternating current (AC) charging line among three-phase AC input lines;
- a sensor configured to measure a required current of an electronic device connected to the indoor power outlet;
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- a controller configured to control a bidirectional on board charger of the electric vehicle based on the required current.
A vehicle comprising:
- a high voltage battery;
- a bidirectional on board charger;
- a vehicle power outlet configured to receive power from the high voltage battery through a line except for a single-phase alternating current (AC) charging line among three-phase AC input lines;
- a sensor configured to measure a required current for an electronic device to be connected to the vehicle power outlet;
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- a controller configured to control the bidirectional on board charger based on the required current.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.