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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2024

Filed:

Aug. 27, 2021
Applicants:

Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;

Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;

Inventors:

Hojoong Lee, Anyang-si, KR;

Hyeseung Kim, Gunpo-si, KR;

Youngjin Jang, Seoul, KR;

Assignees:

HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul, KR;

KIA CORPORATION, Seoul, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 53/14 (2019.01); B60L 53/20 (2019.01); B60L 53/22 (2019.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.01); H02J 7/02 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/007 (2013.01); B60L 53/14 (2019.02); B60L 53/20 (2019.02); B60L 53/22 (2019.02); B60L 58/12 (2019.02); H02J 7/02 (2013.01); H02J 2310/48 (2020.01);
Abstract

A battery system includes, a main battery, an inlet connected to an external charger through an outlet, a bidirectional on-board charger (OBC) configured to, in a charging mode, convert an AC power supplied from the external charger through the inlet to a DC power to charge the main battery, and in a discharge mode, convert a high voltage DC power discharged from the main battery to a low voltage DC power to supply the converted power to a load, and a relay configured to control an electrical connection between the bidirectional OBC and the inlet, and an electrical connection between the bidirectional OBC and the load.


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