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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2018
Applicant:
Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
AUDI AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 11/18 (2006.01); B60L 53/24 (2019.01); B60L 53/10 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 11/1814 (2013.01); B60L 53/24 (2019.02); B60L 53/11 (2019.02); B60L 2210/10 (2013.01); B60L 2220/54 (2013.01); Y02T 10/70 (2013.01);
Abstract
A charging device and a method for charging an electrical energy storage device of a vehicle, with a DC converter for converting an input DC voltage into an output DC voltage. A winding of an electrical machine is part of the DC converter. The winding has at least two coils. A control unit is designed for the purpose of switching the at least two coils electrically in series for the charging of the electrical energy storage device. The at least two coils form an inductance of the DC converter.