US 11,697,352 B2
Method and apparatus for charging multiple energy storage devices
Ruediger Soeren Kusch, Clifton Park, NY (US); Robert Dean King, Schenectady, NY (US); and Robert Louis Steigerwald, Schenectady, NY (US)
Assigned to GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US)
Filed by General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US)
Filed on Feb. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/592,062.
Application 16/723,171 is a division of application No. 16/104,445, filed on Aug. 17, 2018, granted, now 10,766,372, issued on Sep. 8, 2020.
Application 17/592,062 is a continuation of application No. 16/723,171, filed on Dec. 20, 2019, granted, now 11,318,852.
Application 16/104,445 is a continuation of application No. 15/713,905, filed on Sep. 25, 2017, granted, now 10,081,258, issued on Sep. 25, 2018.
Application 15/713,905 is a continuation of application No. 14/656,782, filed on Mar. 13, 2015, granted, now 9,821,668, issued on Nov. 21, 2017.
Application 14/656,782 is a continuation of application No. 13/476,165, filed on May 21, 2012, granted, now 8,981,727, issued on Mar. 17, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0153149 A1, May 19, 2022
Int. Cl. B60L 53/14 (2019.01); B60L 15/00 (2006.01); B60L 53/10 (2019.01); B60L 50/16 (2019.01); B60L 50/40 (2019.01); B60L 58/26 (2019.01); B60L 58/21 (2019.01); B60L 58/20 (2019.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.01); B60L 58/25 (2019.01); B60L 53/22 (2019.01); B60L 53/00 (2019.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60L 53/14 (2019.02) [B60L 15/007 (2013.01); B60L 50/16 (2019.02); B60L 50/40 (2019.02); B60L 53/00 (2019.02); B60L 53/11 (2019.02); B60L 53/22 (2019.02); B60L 58/12 (2019.02); B60L 58/20 (2019.02); B60L 58/21 (2019.02); B60L 58/25 (2019.02); B60L 58/26 (2019.02); H02J 7/0013 (2013.01); B60L 2210/10 (2013.01); B60L 2240/526 (2013.01); B60L 2240/527 (2013.01); B60L 2240/529 (2013.01); B60L 2240/545 (2013.01); B60L 2240/547 (2013.01); B60L 2240/549 (2013.01); Y02T 10/64 (2013.01); Y02T 10/70 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7072 (2013.01); Y02T 10/72 (2013.01); Y02T 90/12 (2013.01); Y02T 90/14 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a first energy storage device, a second energy storage device, a third energy storage device, and a charging source;
a first DC/DC converter, a first switching device, and a second DC/DC converter coupled between the charging source and the second energy storage device;
the first DC/DC converter, the first switching device, the second DC/DC converter, a third DC/DC converter, and a second switching device coupled between the charging source and the third energy storage device;
the first DC/DC converter, the first switching device, the second DC/DC converter, the third DC/DC converter, the third switching device, and a fourth switching device coupled between the charging source and the first energy storage device; and
a control system configured to operate at least one of the DC/DC converters and at least one of the switching devices to charge at least one of the energy storage devices from the charging source.