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Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 16, 2022
Applicants:

Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;

Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;

Inventors:

In Yong Yeo, Bucheon-si, KR;

Youn Sik Lee, Suwon-si, KR;

Assignees:

HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul, KR;

KIA CORPORATION, Seoul, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2005.12); B60L 50/64 (2018.12); B60L 53/80 (2018.12); B60L 58/12 (2018.12); H02J 7/34 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/80 (2019.01); B60L 50/64 (2019.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.01); H02J 7/007182 (2019.12); H02J 7/342 (2019.12); H02J 2207/40 (2019.12);
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a charging system and a charging method for charging a main battery of a vehicle. The main battery can be charged with a voltage of a swappable battery using a DC-DC converter of an on-board computer (OBC) without installing additional converters for a plurality of swappable batteries through connection of the plurality of swappable batteries to input terminals of a plurality of DC-DC converters of the OBC charging the main battery, so that a driving distance of the vehicle is increased, and the efficiency of a motor and the inverters is increased.


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