US 12,316,157 B2
Vehicle-to-vehicle charging
Narendar Rao Gannamaneni, Gothenburg (SE); Lars Johan Henrik Sjöstedt, Gothenburg (SE); Arsam Golriz, Gothenburg (SE); and Niklas Smith, Gothenburg (SE)
Assigned to Volvo Car Corporation, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed by Volvo Car Corporation, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed on Feb. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/669,960.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/157,197, filed on Mar. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0285971 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. H02J 7/34 (2006.01); B60L 53/18 (2019.01); B60L 53/24 (2019.01); B60L 53/30 (2019.01); B60L 53/57 (2019.01); B60L 53/62 (2019.01); B60L 53/66 (2019.01)
CPC H02J 7/342 (2020.01) [B60L 53/18 (2019.02); B60L 53/24 (2019.02); B60L 53/305 (2019.02); B60L 53/57 (2019.02); B60L 53/62 (2019.02); B60L 53/66 (2019.02); H02J 2207/20 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A first vehicle, comprising:
a first battery;
a first controller;
an electric motor; and
an inverter comprising three legs, wherein each leg comprises a first switch with built in diode coupled to a second switch with built in diode, wherein each leg is coupled to a different phase of the electric motor, and wherein the inverter is coupled to the first battery,
wherein the first vehicle is physically coupled, via a charging cable to a second vehicle comprising a second battery and a second controller, and
wherein the first controller controls the electric motor and the inverter, via settings of the respective first switches and respective second switches of the three legs, to convert an output voltage of the first battery to a voltage rating of the second battery, and wherein the first vehicle charges the second battery at the output voltage.