公开(公告)号：US11557796B2

公开(公告)日：2023-01-17

申请号：US16930749

申请日：2020-07-16

Applicant: Cummins Inc.

Inventor： Lawrence Hilligoss ,  Nitisha Manchanda ,  Minyu Cai

IPC: H01M10/42 ,  B60L58/22 ,  H02M3/158

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a circuit for balancing voltages of battery packs to be connected in parallel, comprising: IN-side switches and OUT-side switches; a DC-DC converter with an IN terminal connected to the IN-side switches and an OUT terminal connected to the OUT-side switches; and a controller to operate an IN-side switch to connect a Vmax battery pack to the IN terminal, operate an OUT-side switch to connect a Vmin battery pack to the OUT terminal, and activate the DC-DC converter to transfer energy from the Vmin battery pack to the Vmin battery pack. The controller responds to an IN terminal voltage being sufficiently close to a voltage of a first battery pack by operating an IN-side switch to connect the first pack to the IN terminal, and responds to an OUT terminal voltage being sufficiently close to a voltage of a second battery pack by operating an OUT-side switch to connect the second battery pack to the OUT terminal.

公开(公告)号：US20210028503A1

公开(公告)日：2021-01-28

申请号：US16930749

申请日：2020-07-16

Applicant: Cummins Inc.

Inventor： Lawrence Hilligoss ,  Nitisha Manchanda ,  Minyu Cai

IPC: H01M10/42 ,  B60L58/22 ,  H02M3/158

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a circuit for balancing voltages of battery packs to be connected in parallel, comprising: IN-side and OUT-side switches; a DC-DC converter with an IN terminal connected to the IN-side switches and an OUT terminal connected to the OUT-side switches; and a controller to operate an IN-side switch to connect a Vmax battery pack to the IN terminal, operate an OUT-side switch to connect a Vmin battery pack to the OUT terminal, and activate the converter to transfer energy from the Vmax pack to the Vmin pack. The controller responds to an IN terminal voltage being sufficiently close to a first battery pack voltage by operating an IN-side switch to connect the first pack to the IN terminal, and responds to an OUT terminal voltage being sufficiently close to a second battery pack voltage by operating an OUT-side switch to connect the second pack to the OUT terminal.