# US 9,434,263 B2 · Multi-mode battery charger > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,434,263 B2 - Document ID: US9434263B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/014,585 - Filed: 2013-08-30 - Published: 2014-03-06 - Granted: 2016-09-06 - Earliest claimed: 2012-09-05 - Assignees: Lear Corporation - Applicants: Lear Corporation - Inventors: Aftab Ali Khan; Richard J. Hampo; Veda Prakash Galigekere - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9434263B2 ## CPC - B60L 53/14: Conductive energy transfer - B60L 53/11: {DC charging controlled by the charging station, e.g. mode 4} - B60L 53/122: Circuits or methods for driving the primary coil, e.g. supplying electric power to the coil - B60L 53/126: Methods for pairing a vehicle and a charging station, e.g. establishing a one-to-one relation between a wireless power transmitter and a wireless power receiver - B60L 53/16: Connectors, e.g. plugs or sockets, specially adapted for charging electric vehicles - B60L 53/22: Constructional details or arrangements of charging converters specially adapted for charging electric vehicles - B60L 2240/80: Time limits - Y02T 10/70: Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries - Y02T 10/7072: Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors - Y02T 90/12: Electric charging stations - Y02T 90/14: Plug-in electric vehicles - B60L: PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K1/00, B60K6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K17/12, B60K17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION ## Abstract In one embodiment a multi-mode battery charger for a vehicle is provided. The charger includes a controller. The controller is electrically coupled to a plurality of charging systems. Each charging system is configured to provide a first power from an external power source and to convert the first power into a second power that is suitable for storage on at least one battery on the vehicle. The controller is configured to enable a first charging system of the plurality of charging systems to provide the first power based on a charging priority order in the event two or more of the plurality of charging systems are each determined to provide the first power to the vehicle at the same time. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A multi-mode battery charger for a vehicle comprising: a controller for being electrically coupled to a plurality of charging systems, each charging system being configured to provide a first power from an external power source and to convert the first power into a second power that is suitable for storage on at least one battery on the vehicle, the controller being configured to enable a first charging system of the plurality of charging systems to provide the first power based on a charging priority order in the event two or more of the plurality of charging systems are each determined to provide the first power to the vehicle at the same time, wherein the plurality of charging systems comprise an inductive charging system, a conductive charging system, and a direct current (DC) quick charging system, and wherein the inductive charging system includes a receiver and a power rectifier positioned on the vehicle for providing the second power directly to the battery. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The charger of claim 1 wherein the controller is further configured to enable the DC quick charging system to convert the first power into the second power for storage on the at least one battery in the event the controller determines that the DC quick charging system and at least one of the inductive charging system and the conductive charging system provides the first power to the vehicle at the same time. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The charger of claim 1 wherein the controller is further configured to enable the conductive charging system to convert the first power into the second power for storage on the at least battery in the event the controller determines that the conductive charging system and the inductive charging system provides the first power to the vehicle at the same time. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The charger of claim 1 wherein at least a portion of the conductive charging system includes a converter for converting the first power into the second power and for galvanically isolating the conductive charging system. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The charger of claim 1 wherein the controller is further configured to be electrically coupled to a single isolator circuit for each of the plurality of charging systems, and wherein the first power is passed through the single isolator circuit only once for each charging system. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The charger of claim 1 wherein the charging priority order is based on a period of time the plurality of charging systems charge the at least one battery with the second power. ### Claim 7 A multi-mode battery charger for a vehicle comprising: a controller for being electrically coupled to a plurality of charging systems, each charging system being configured to provide a first power from an external power source and to convert the first power into a second power that is suitable for storage on at least one battery on the vehicle, wherein the controller is further configured to be electrically coupled to a single isolator circuit for each of the plurality of charging systems, and wherein the first power is passed through the single isolator circuit only once for each charging system, wherein the plurality of charging systems comprise an inductive charging system, a conductive charging system, and a direct current (DC) quick charging system, and wherein the inductive charging system includes a receiver and a power rectifier positioned on the vehicle for providing the second power directly to the battery. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The charger of claim 7 wherein the controller is further configured to enable a first charging system of the plurality of charging systems to provide the first power based on a charging priority order in the event two or more of the plurality of charging systems are each determined to provide the first power to the vehicle at the same time. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The charger of claim 8 wherein the charging priority order is based on a speed in which the plurality of charging systems charge that at least one battery with the second power. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The charger of claim 8 wherein the plurality of charging systems comprise an inductive charging system, a conductive charging system, and a direct current (DC) quick charging system. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The charger of claim 10 wherein the controller is further configured to enable the DC quick charging system to convert the first power into the second power for storage on the at least one battery in the event the controller determines that the DC quick charging system and at least one of the inductive charging system and the conductive charging system provides the first power to the vehicle at the same time. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The charger of claim 10 wherein the controller is further configured to enable the conductive charging system to convert the first power into the second power for storage on the at least one battery in the event the controller determines that the conductive charging system and the inductive charging system provides the first power to the vehicle at the same time. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The charger of claim 10 wherein at least a portion of the conductive charging system includes a converter for converting the first power into the second power and for galvanically isolating the conductive charging system. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The charger of claim 10 wherein the inductive charging system includes a receiver and a power rectifier positioned on the vehicle for providing the second power directly to the battery. ### Claim 15 A multi-mode battery charger for a vehicle comprising: a controller for being electrically coupled to a plurality of charging systems, each charging system being configured to provide a first power from an external power source and to convert the first power into a second power that is suitable for storage on at least one battery on the vehicle, the controller being configured to enable a first charging system of the plurality of charging systems to charge the at least one battery with the second power if the first charging system charges the at least one battery at a first period of time that is less than a second period of time for any remaining charging systems of the plurality of charging systems to charge the at least one battery, wherein the plurality of charging systems comprise an inductive charging system, a conductive charging system, and a direct current (DC) quick charging system, and wherein the inductive charging system includes a receiver and a power rectifier positioned on the vehicle for providing the second power directly to the battery. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The charger of claim 15 wherein the controller is further configured to enable the DC quick charging system to convert the first power into the second power for storage on the at least one battery in the event the controller determines that the DC quick charging system and at least one of the inductive charging system and the conductive charging system provides the first power to the vehicle at the same time. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The charger of claim 15 wherein the controller is further configured to enable the conductive charging system to convert the first power into the second power for storage on the at least one battery in the event the controller determines that the conductive charging system and the inductive charging system provides the first power to the vehicle at the same time.