A METHOD FOR ORIENTING A POWER RECEIVING COIL RELATIVE TO A POWER EMITTING COIL OF A WIRELESS CHARGING SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE

    公开(公告)号:EP4122748A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-25

    申请号:EP21186362.6

    申请日:2021-07-19

    IPC分类号: B60L53/12 B60L53/35 B60L53/34

    摘要: The present invention relates to a method for orienting a power receiving coil of a vehicle relative to a power emitting coil of a wireless charging system for a vehicle. The method comprises:
    - detecting a positioning of the vehicle at a charging location in which the power receiving coil detects reception of electromagnetic radiation emitted from the power emitting coil,
    - performing a calibration sequence in which the orientation of the power receiving coil and/or the power emitting coil is varied according to a predetermined scheme, while registering the electromagnetic radiation reception of the power receiving coil,
    - in response to the calibrations sequence, determining a desired relative orientation including relative angle between the power receiving coil and the power emitting coil for which the electromagnetic radiation reception of the power receiving coil is in a top range of the registered electromagnetic radiation reception.

    A VEHICLE SYSTEM FOR A SUBJECT VEHICLE DRIVING IN A VEHICLE FORMATION WITH AT LEAST ONE LEAD VEHICLE

    公开(公告)号:EP3936374A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-12

    申请号:EP20185210.0

    申请日:2020-07-10

    IPC分类号: B60L53/12 B60L53/14 B60W40/04

    摘要: The invention relates to a vehicle system (100) for a subject vehicle (1) driving in a vehicle formation (VF) with at least one lead vehicle (200), comprising:
    - an energy system (10) configured to transfer energy between the subject vehicle (1) and another vehicle (200) during driving in the vehicle formation (VF);
    wherein the vehicle system (100) further comprises:
    - an information obtaining system (20) configured to obtain information indicative of a driving situation in front of the lead vehicle (200) during driving in the vehicle formation (VF); and
    wherein the vehicle system (100) is configured to:
    - terminate transfer of energy or inhibit initiation of transfer of energy if the information obtaining system (20) obtains information indicative of a hazardous driving situation in front of the lead vehicle (200). The invention also relates to a method, at least one control, a subject vehicle and a vehicle formation.

    A MONITORING CIRCUIT FOR MONITORING OF A PROTECTIVE EARTH CONNECTION IN A VEHICLE CHARGING INTERFACE OF A VEHICLE

    公开(公告)号:EP4173880A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-03

    申请号:EP21205216.1

    申请日:2021-10-28

    IPC分类号: B60L53/18 B60L3/04 B60L3/00

    摘要: The invention relates to a monitoring circuit (305) for monitoring of a PE (113) connection in a vehicle charging interface (300) of a vehicle (200). The vehicle (200) is at least partly electrically powered. The monitoring circuit (305) is connected to a first line (308) of a communication circuit (303). The monitoring circuit (305) and the communication circuit (303) are separate circuits. The monitoring circuit (305) comprises a current source (313), a current measuring unit (315) and the PE connection (113). The current source (313) is adapted to generate a current running through the monitoring circuit (305). The current measuring unit (315) is adapted to measure the current running through the monitoring circuit (305) and thereby monitoring the PE connection (113).

    A CHARGING SYSTEM FOR AN ENERGY STORAGE IN A VEHICLE AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE CHARGING SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:EP4015287A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-22

    申请号:EP20216085.9

    申请日:2020-12-21

    IPC分类号: B60L53/14 H02H9/00

    摘要: The invention relates to a charging system (100) for an energy storage (102) in a vehicle comprising: a plurality of parallelly arranged charging switch units (104a-d), each having an input terminal (106a-d) configured to be connected to a common charging port (108), and an output terminal (110a-d) configured to be connected to the energy storage, wherein each charging switch unit comprises a contactor (200) configured to control a flow of current from the charging port to the energy storage; for each charging switch unit, a measurement device (202) configured to determine a parameter indicative of a resistance in a current path through the charging switch unit, and a variable resistor (204) configured to control the resistance in the current path; and a charging control unit (116) connected to each of the charging switch units and configured to, if an estimated difference in resistance between any two of the plurality of current paths through a charging switch unit is higher than a predetermined difference threshold value, control the variable resistor of a charging switch unit in the current path having the lowest resistance to increase the resistance of that current path.