US 12,214,683 B2
Electric-vehicle charging apparatus
Yoav Galin, Raanana (IL); Lior Handelsman, Givatayim (IL); Gad Michaeli, Kochav Yair (IL); Peter Mathews, Los Altos Hills, CA (US); Guy Sella, Bitan Aharon (IL); Gil Matzliach, Kfar Saba (IL); Ariel Cohen, Modiin (IL); Meir Adest, Modiin (IL); and Ilan Yoscovich, Givatayim (IL)
Assigned to Solaredge Technologies Ltd., Herzeliya (IL)
Filed by Solaredge Technologies Ltd., Herzeliya (IL)
Filed on Feb. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/674,238.
Application 17/674,238 is a continuation of application No. 16/002,405, filed on Jun. 7, 2018, granted, now 11,285,824.
Application 16/002,405 is a continuation of application No. 15/872,287, filed on Jan. 16, 2018, granted, now 10,875,406, issued on Dec. 29, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/521,635, filed on Jun. 19, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/513,160, filed on May 31, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/512,333, filed on May 30, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/448,194, filed on Jan. 19, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0169131 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. B60L 53/14 (2019.01); B60L 53/20 (2019.01); B60L 53/50 (2019.01); B60L 53/57 (2019.01); B60L 55/00 (2019.01); H01R 13/66 (2006.01); H02J 3/14 (2006.01); H02J 3/38 (2006.01); H02J 4/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60L 53/14 (2019.02) [B60L 53/20 (2019.02); B60L 53/50 (2019.02); B60L 53/57 (2019.02); B60L 55/00 (2019.02); H01R 13/665 (2013.01); H01R 13/6683 (2013.01); H02J 3/14 (2013.01); H02J 3/38 (2013.01); H02J 3/388 (2020.01); H02J 4/00 (2013.01); H02J 7/0042 (2013.01); H02J 2310/64 (2020.01); Y02E 60/00 (2013.01); Y02T 10/70 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7072 (2013.01); Y02T 90/12 (2013.01); Y02T 90/14 (2013.01); Y02T 90/16 (2013.01); Y04S 10/126 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a first electrical connection configured to be coupled to a direct current (DC) power source;
a second electrical connection configured to be coupled to an alternating current (AC) grid;
a third electrical connection configured to provide AC power to an electric vehicle (EV) connector;
a fourth electrical connection configured to provide DC power to the EV connector;
a DC/AC converter coupled between the first electrical connection and the second electrical connection;
a DC/DC converter coupled between the first electrical connection and the fourth electrical connection;
an AC charging circuit configured to combine an output current of the DC/AC converter and an output current of the AC grid, and to provide the combined output current at the third electrical connection; and
control circuitry configured to separately:
control the DC/AC converter and the AC charging circuit; and
operate the DC/DC converter to convert power drawn from the DC power source to DC power provided to the EV connector,
wherein the DC/AC converter comprises a galvanic connection between DC/AC converter input terminals and DC/AC output terminals, and
wherein the DC/DC converter comprises a transformer galvanically isolating DC/DC converter input terminals from DC/DC output terminals.