Energy storage for power factor correction in battery charger for electric-powered vehicles

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9914362
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14139059

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Switches of a switching circuit used to control operation of an electric motor such as in an electrically powered vehicle connect respective windings of the electric motor as a single phase inductor during battery charging. The inductor can then store inherent low frequency, second order ripple power and return that power to a load presented by a battery during battery charging to deliver substantially constant current. Storage of ripple power in the inductor allows the capacitance value, size, weight and cost of a filter capacitor of a power factor correction circuit providing input power to a battery charger to be reduced by an order of magnitude or more. Direction of current flow through the inductor is periodically reversed to avoid magnetizing the motor.

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  • VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ngo, Khai Doan The Blacksburg, US 6 45
Wang, Hui Shandong, CN 1009 7881

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