Power conversion apparatus
AssigneeDenso Corporation
InventorsShuji KURAUCHI, Yuichi HANDA, Seiji IYASU, Yuji HAYASHI
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Abstract
A power conversion apparatus connected to three or more voltage units, includes three or more power conversion circuits connected to respective units of the three or more voltage units; and a multiport transformer connected to the three or more power conversion circuits at mutually different ports, in which at least one voltage unit of the three or more voltage units is an electrical load.
Claims4
A power conversion apparatus connected to a plurality of voltage units, the power conversion apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of power conversion circuits, each power conversion circuit having a first port and a second port, the first port of each power conversion circuit being connected to a respective voltage unit of the plurality of voltage units;
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- a multiport transformer connected to the second port of each of the plurality of power conversion circuits, wherein
- the plurality of power conversion circuits and the multiport transformer are configured as a multiple active bridge in which each of the plurality power conversion circuits is a switching circuit configured as a voltage-voltage type bridge circuit,
- the plurality of voltage units comprises a heater, a solar power source, and a vehicle drive battery, and
- each of the solar power source and the vehicle drive battery is configured to supply power to the heater.
A power conversion apparatus connected to a plurality of voltage units, the power conversion apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of power conversion circuits, each power conversion circuit having a first port and a second port, the first port of each power conversion circuit being connected to a respective voltage unit of the plurality of voltage units;
- and
- a multiport transformer connected to the second port of each of the plurality of power conversion circuits, wherein
- the plurality of power conversion circuits and the multiport transformer are configured as a multiple active bridge in which each of the plurality power conversion circuits is a switching circuit configured as a voltage-voltage type bridge circuit,
- the plurality of voltage units comprises a heater, a solar power source, a vehicle drive battery, and an AC power source, and
- each of the solar power source, the vehicle drive battery, and the AC power source is configured to supply power to the heater.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.