公开(公告)号：US20240181913A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-06

申请号：US18072742

申请日：2022-12-01

Applicant: ABB E-mobility B.V.

Inventor： Miguel Rodríguez Escudé ,  Lars P. Bech ,  Stefan J. Raaijmakers ,  Gertjan Koolen ,  Jimmy van der Heijden

IPC: B60L53/60 ,  B60L53/16

CPC classification number: B60L53/60 ,  B60L53/16 ,  B60L2250/10

Abstract: A charging system of an electric vehicle is described. The charging system comprises a charging cable that is adapted to carry a charging connector located at a distal end of the charging cable, wherein the charging connector is configured to be controllably moveable and insertable into an EV charging portal of the EV, the charging connector comprising: a latch coupled to the charging connector, a detection system coupled to the latch, and a control system configured to: obtain, from the detection system, an indication, determine, based on the indication, whether the latch on the charging connector is operational or non-operational, and generate an alert based on determining that the latch on the charging connector is non-operational.

公开(公告)号：US20240326625A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-03

申请号：US18293446

申请日：2022-03-04

Applicant: ABB E-mobility B.V.

Inventor： Stefan J. Raaijmakers

IPC: B60L53/60 ,  G01R19/00 ,  G01R27/18 ,  G01R31/52

CPC classification number: B60L53/60 ,  G01R19/0084 ,  G01R27/18 ,  G01R31/52

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a forced symmetry IMD and a method to control the forced symmetry IMD. The system comprises an electric system power source configured to deliver electrical power to a bus, the bus including a first bus bar and a second bus bar; a common node connected across the first bus bar and the second bus bar, the common node having a common voltage; and a forced symmetry insulation monitoring device (IMD) disposed along an IMD node connected to at least one of the first bus bar and the second bus bar, the forced symmetry IMD comprising a connection to ground and one or more IMD power sources, wherein the one or more IMD power sources of the forced symmetry IMD is configured to control the common voltage on the common node based on a currently detected common voltage and a reference voltage signal.

公开(公告)号：US12059967B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-13

申请号：US16920095

申请日：2020-07-02

Applicant: ABB E-mobility B.V.

Inventor： Gregory A. Cole ,  William J. Eakins ,  Stefan J. Raaijmakers

IPC: B60L53/00 ,  B60L53/37 ,  G06T7/73 ,  G06T7/90 ,  G06V10/143 ,  G06V20/00 ,  G06V20/10

CPC classification number: B60L53/37 ,  G06T7/73 ,  G06T7/90 ,  G06V10/143 ,  G06V20/00 ,  G06V20/10 ,  G06T2207/20024 ,  G06T2207/30248

Abstract: A plug connection system that autonomously charges an electric vehicle (EV) is provided. The method includes: adjusting configuration settings of an image capturing device; capturing an image using the image capturing device, wherein a portion of the image comprises an optically distinctive object associated with a charging portal of the EV, and wherein the image comprises a plurality of pixels; applying a pixel value threshold associated with a pixel metric to the image to filter the plurality of pixels of the image to a first subset of pixels; determining, based on filtering the plurality of pixels to the first subset of pixels, a location of the optically distinctive object associated with the charging portal of the EV within the image; and providing information to maneuver a robotic arm to a physical position associated with the location of the optically distinctive object within the image.