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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2021
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Young Jin Jang, Seoul, KR;
Sung Hwan Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Won Yong Sung, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Dong Jun Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Hye Seung Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A vehicle battery charging system includes a main battery, an auxiliary battery, an integrated converter that includes a high voltage charging device that supplies power to the main battery and a low voltage charging device that supplies power to the auxiliary battery, a solar cell that converts sunlight into electrical energy, a solar cell converter that converts an output of the solar cell into a voltage corresponding to a voltage of the auxiliary battery and outputs the converted voltage to the auxiliary battery, and a switching device that switches between the integrated converter and external power and the integrated converter and the solar cell, wherein the switching device connects the integrated converter and the solar cell in a solar cell only charging mode in which the auxiliary battery is charged by the solar cell.