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- This invention relates generally to electrical systems of motor vehicles. More particularly, the invention relates to circuits that include a battery disconnect switch for disconnecting a battery or battery bank from the electrical system.
- Motor vehicles that are propelled by internal combustion engines have electrical systems that include one or more D.C. storage batteries.
- an ignition switch is turned to a start, or crank, position that causes the engine to be cranked by an electric starter motor.
- the switch is released from start position to assume a run position.
- start position electric current flows from the battery, or battery bank, to an electric starter motor that cranks the engine through a set of gears.
- the amount of current is typically very large, and consequently, heavy electrical cable is typically employed to conduct the current without the presence of any circuit protection device to protect against a short in the cable or the starter motor.
- the electrical system has other circuits that are fed from the battery, or battery bank. Those individual circuits may be protected by their own individual circuit protection devices, such as fuses or circuit breakers, but there may be no circuit protection between the battery and the circuit protection devices themselves unless a battery disconnect switch is present.
- battery disconnect switches are known.
- One type is a mechanical switch that requires manual operation. Because it may not be feasible to access such a switch in a hazardous situation, such as after a vehicle has been involved in an accident, automatic remote control systems for operating battery disconnect switches have been developed.
- a signal that calls for airbag deployment may also be used to remotely operate a battery disconnect switch.
- a medium or heavy truck that may have a battery disconnect switch typically does not have an airbag system, and so the same type of control remote control that would be present in an airbag equipped vehicle would not be present in the truck.
- the inventors have recognized that failure to open a battery disconnect switch that connects the battery bank with a vehicle's electrical system may in certain situations have serious negative consequences. The inventors therefore believe that it is important to minimize, and ideally reduce to zero, the probability that the switch will fail to open when commanded to do so. Failure of the switch to open may be due to no fault in the design or quality of the switch itself or the vehicle's electrical system, but rather may be due to circumstances of a particular situation, such as a crash.
- the inventors therefore propose that the system for operating the battery disconnect switch employ certain features that will maximize the probability that a battery disconnect switch will open when commanded to do, even if the vehicle is not equipped with an airbag system that is intended to open the disconnect switch in the event of a crash.
- These features include redundant channels of communication through which a command to open the switch is transmitted from one or more sources of the command to a controller, and redundant power supplies for the switch and the controller.
- a battery disconnect switch controller will open the battery disconnect switch in response to a command to disconnect the battery bank from the electrical system.
- the system has redundant channels of communication through which the command is transmitted from one or more sources of the command to the controller.
- a battery disconnect switch controller will open the battery disconnect switch in response to a command to disconnect the battery bank from the electrical system.
- the system has redundant power supplies for the switch and the controller.
- FIG. 1 is a general schematic electrical diagram of a first circuit embodying principles of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a general schematic electrical diagram of a second circuit.
- FIG. 3A is a schematic electrical diagram of a first type of battery disconnect switch that can be controlled in accordance with principles of the invention.
- FIG. 3B is a schematic electrical diagram of a second type of battery disconnect switch that can be controlled in accordance with principles of the invention.
- FIG. 3C is a schematic electrical diagram of a third type of battery disconnect switch that can be controlled in accordance with principles of the invention.
- FIG. 4 is more detailed schematic diagram of a version of the circuit of FIG. 1 that is used with disconnect switch trigger circuits shown in FIGS. 5A and 5C .
- FIG. 5A is a schematic electrical diagram of a trigger circuit for use in triggering the first type of battery disconnect switch.
- FIG. 5B is a schematic electrical diagram of a trigger circuit for use in triggering the second type of battery disconnect switch.
- FIG. 5C is a schematic electrical diagram of a trigger circuit for use in triggering the third type of battery disconnect switch.
- FIG. 6 is a more detailed schematic diagram of a version of the circuit of FIG. 1 that is used with the disconnect switch trigger circuit shown in FIG. 5B .
- FIGS. 7 and 8 collectively form a schematic diagram of the power supply and voltage regulator used in the circuits of FIGS. 1 and 6 .
- FIG. 9 is a more detailed schematic diagram of the second circuit shown in FIG. 2 .
- FIG. 1 shows a circuit that comprises one or more D.C. storage batteries 20 , herein sometimes referred to as a battery bank, a battery disconnect switch 22 , herein sometimes referred to as a BDS, a starter motor 24 for cranking an internal combustion engine that propels a truck, and a control unit 26 for operating BDS 22 . Ignition switch connection to starter motor 24 is not shown. Control unit 26 and BDS 22 are integrated with battery bank 20 on the truck chassis.
- BDS 22 assumes a normally closed condition for conducting current from battery bank 20 to starter motor 24 when the ignition switch is placed in start position to crank the vehicle's engine.
- control unit 26 receives a signal requesting that BDS 22 be operated to open condition, the control unit delivers a trigger signal to BDS 22 that causes BDS 22 to open and prevent current flow from battery bank 20 to starter motor 24 .
- Control unit 26 can receive signals from an HMI (human machine interface) 28 , a wired communication channel 30 , and a wireless communication channel 32 .
- Wired and wireless communication are redundant in the disclosed embodiment, meaning that a signal request to operate BDS 22 to open is concurrently sent by both wire and wireless channels from a location that is remote from the battery bank.
- HMI 28 is understood to be an operator, such as a pushbutton, at the location of the switch.
- FIG. 2 shows a second control unit 34 that receives signals from HMI 28 and re-transmits them to control unit 26 both by wire and wireless.
- Control unit 34 is remote from control unit 26 and is located, for example, in the instrumental panel of the truck cab.
- FIGS. 3A and 3B illustrate respective relay type BDS actuators.
- FIG. 3C illustrates a pyroelectric type BDS actuator. These three actuators are present in known battery disconnect switches.
- BDS 22 When a voltage whose polarity is represented by numeral 40 in FIG. 3B is applied to actuator 38 , BDS 22 is closed. When a voltage of opposite polarity, as represented by numeral 42 , is applied, BDS 22 is open.
- BDS 22 is irreversibly opened.
- FIG. 4 shows control unit 26 to comprise a power supply and voltage regulator 50 powered by battery bank 20 for developing a regulated voltage 52 , such as +12 VDC, that is supplied to BDS 22 and a regulated voltage, such as +5 VDC, for operating a microcontroller system (MCS) 54 .
- a back-up power supply 56 is provided for power supply and voltage regulator 50 in case the latter's connection to the battery bank through the vehicle electrical system is somehow lost.
- MCS 54 will trigger BDS 22 via a trigger circuit 58 when MCS 54 receives a command to disconnect battery bank 20 from the vehicle electrical system.
- the command may come from any one or more of three sources, namely from the non-remote HMI input directly to MCS 54 , from a remote initiator via wired communication, and from a remote initiator via wireless communication.
- Wired communication to MCS 54 is through one or more of an SAE J1939 and an SAE J1708 data link.
- Wireless communication can occur via one or more wireless communication protocols such as Zigbee and Bluetooth.
- FIG. 5A shows how MCS 54 is associated with the actuator 36 of FIG. 3A .
- the trigger circuit 58 comprises a transistor driver in which the collector is connected to one terminal of actuator 36 .
- the other terminal of actuator 36 is connected to battery bank 20 through BDS 22 .
- MCS 54 operates the transistor driver, actuator 36 becomes grounded through the transistor. Battery current flows through BDS 22 , actuator 36 and the transistor to ground causing the actuator to open BDS 22 and automatically terminating the current flow to ground through actuator 36 .
- FIG. 5B shows how MCS 54 is associated with the actuator of FIG. 3B .
- Voltage is applied to actuator 38 in the polarity sense of reference numeral 40 when a first transistor driver 40 A is turned on by MCS 54 .
- Voltage is applied to actuator 38 in the polarity sense of reference numeral 42 when a second transistor driver 42 A is turned on by MCS 54 .
- Both battery voltage ( 20 ) and regulated voltage ( 52 ) are supplied to the collector of driver 40 A through respective diodes D 1 , D 2 .
- Both battery voltage ( 20 ) and regulated voltage ( 52 ) are also supplied to the collector of driver 42 A through respective diodes D 3 , D 4 .
- Diodes D 5 , D 6 provide reverse polarity protection for the respective driver drivers.
- FIG. 5C shows how MCS 54 is associated with the actuator of FIG. 3C .
- the trigger circuit 58 comprises a transistor driver in which the collector is connected to one terminal of actuator 44 .
- the other terminal of actuator 44 is connected to battery bank voltage ( 20 ) and to regulated voltage ( 52 ) through respective diodes D 1 , D 2 .
- FIG. 6 shows control unit 26 to comprise a microcontroller system (MCS) 70 that is associated with the wired communication channel, the wireless communication channel, and the HMI interface.
- MCS microcontroller system
- MCS 70 monitors battery bank voltage as an indicator of the healthy status of the battery bank and the associated battery cable system. Should the battery bank voltage become less than voltage needed to operate the BDS actuator, microcontroller 70 outputs regulated +12V to the trigger circuit (reference 52 ) to provide enough power supply for the BDS to function correctly when the microcontroller is commanded to disconnect the battery bank via the trigger circuits.
- Microcontroller 70 can receive a command input from the HMI interface, from the wired communication interface, or the wireless communication interface.
- a J1939 communication is used as a standard wired communication interface.
- a J1708 is optionally available for a vehicle that has no J1939 network.
- Zigbee wireless communication technology is implemented.
- Bluetooth wireless communication technology is used as an option for control interface expansibility. The redundancy of wired communication and wireless communications increases the probability that BDS will be shut off when commanded.
- FIG. 7 illustrates details of the power supply and voltage regulator 50 .
- a step up/step down DC/DC converter 90 with burst mode can develop regulated +12 VDC output from input voltages ranging from +4 VDC to +60 VDC.
- One input to converter 90 is from the battery bank through a diode.
- Another input is from the back-up power circuit 56 .
- a voltage regulator 92 develops +5 VDC for the microcontroller system from the output of converter 90 .
- FIG. 8 illustrates back-up power circuit 56 . It comprises a super-capacitor 100 and a back-up battery pack 102 .
- the super-capacitor 100 is charged from the battery bank through a diode D 7 .
- Battery pack 102 parallels super-capacitor 100 and is kept charged from the battery bank.
- FIG. 9 shows control unit 34 .
- a microcontroller 104 can read a user command from a push button with energy harvest module 106 and transmit the command to control unit 26 through wired and/or wireless channels.
- the energy harvest module provides power to assure the microcontroller and Zigbee module both perform the user request. This enables control unit 34 to still send a command to control unit 26 should the power supply to the MHI interface and/or wired communication channel become non-functional, such as in an accident.
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Redundant power supplies and redundant channels of communication maximize the probability that a controller will trigger a battery disconnect switch to open when commanded to do so.
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- This invention relates generally to electrical systems of motor vehicles. More particularly, the invention relates to circuits that include a battery disconnect switch for disconnecting a battery or battery bank from the electrical system.
- Motor vehicles that are propelled by internal combustion engines have electrical systems that include one or more D.C. storage batteries. In order to crank the engine at starting, an ignition switch is turned to a start, or crank, position that causes the engine to be cranked by an electric starter motor. When the engine has started, the switch is released from start position to assume a run position. In start position, electric current flows from the battery, or battery bank, to an electric starter motor that cranks the engine through a set of gears. The amount of current is typically very large, and consequently, heavy electrical cable is typically employed to conduct the current without the presence of any circuit protection device to protect against a short in the cable or the starter motor.
- The electrical system has other circuits that are fed from the battery, or battery bank. Those individual circuits may be protected by their own individual circuit protection devices, such as fuses or circuit breakers, but there may be no circuit protection between the battery and the circuit protection devices themselves unless a battery disconnect switch is present.
- Various types of battery disconnect switches are known. One type is a mechanical switch that requires manual operation. Because it may not be feasible to access such a switch in a hazardous situation, such as after a vehicle has been involved in an accident, automatic remote control systems for operating battery disconnect switches have been developed.
- When a vehicle is equipped with a passenger airbag system, a signal that calls for airbag deployment may also be used to remotely operate a battery disconnect switch. A medium or heavy truck that may have a battery disconnect switch, typically does not have an airbag system, and so the same type of control remote control that would be present in an airbag equipped vehicle would not be present in the truck.
- The inventors have recognized that failure to open a battery disconnect switch that connects the battery bank with a vehicle's electrical system may in certain situations have serious negative consequences. The inventors therefore believe that it is important to minimize, and ideally reduce to zero, the probability that the switch will fail to open when commanded to do so. Failure of the switch to open may be due to no fault in the design or quality of the switch itself or the vehicle's electrical system, but rather may be due to circumstances of a particular situation, such as a crash.
- The inventors therefore propose that the system for operating the battery disconnect switch employ certain features that will maximize the probability that a battery disconnect switch will open when commanded to do, even if the vehicle is not equipped with an airbag system that is intended to open the disconnect switch in the event of a crash.
- These features include redundant channels of communication through which a command to open the switch is transmitted from one or more sources of the command to a controller, and redundant power supplies for the switch and the controller.
- It is a general objective of the invention to provide an electrical system connected through a battery disconnect switch to a bank of one or more DC storage batteries. A battery disconnect switch controller will open the battery disconnect switch in response to a command to disconnect the battery bank from the electrical system. The system has redundant channels of communication through which the command is transmitted from one or more sources of the command to the controller.
- It is another general objective of the invention to provide an electrical system connected through a battery disconnect switch to a bank of one or more DC storage batteries. A battery disconnect switch controller will open the battery disconnect switch in response to a command to disconnect the battery bank from the electrical system. The system has redundant power supplies for the switch and the controller.
- The foregoing, along with further aspects, features, and advantages of the invention, will be seen in the following disclosure of a presently preferred embodiment of the invention depicting the best mode contemplated at this time for carrying out the invention. The disclosure includes drawings, briefly described as follows.
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FIG. 1 is a general schematic electrical diagram of a first circuit embodying principles of the present invention. -
FIG. 2 is a general schematic electrical diagram of a second circuit. -
FIG. 3A is a schematic electrical diagram of a first type of battery disconnect switch that can be controlled in accordance with principles of the invention. -
FIG. 3B is a schematic electrical diagram of a second type of battery disconnect switch that can be controlled in accordance with principles of the invention. -
FIG. 3C is a schematic electrical diagram of a third type of battery disconnect switch that can be controlled in accordance with principles of the invention. -
FIG. 4 is more detailed schematic diagram of a version of the circuit ofFIG. 1 that is used with disconnect switch trigger circuits shown inFIGS. 5A and 5C . -
FIG. 5A is a schematic electrical diagram of a trigger circuit for use in triggering the first type of battery disconnect switch. -
FIG. 5B is a schematic electrical diagram of a trigger circuit for use in triggering the second type of battery disconnect switch. -
FIG. 5C is a schematic electrical diagram of a trigger circuit for use in triggering the third type of battery disconnect switch. -
FIG. 6 is a more detailed schematic diagram of a version of the circuit ofFIG. 1 that is used with the disconnect switch trigger circuit shown inFIG. 5B . -
FIGS. 7 and 8 collectively form a schematic diagram of the power supply and voltage regulator used in the circuits ofFIGS. 1 and 6 . -
FIG. 9 is a more detailed schematic diagram of the second circuit shown inFIG. 2 . -
FIG. 1 shows a circuit that comprises one or moreD.C. storage batteries 20, herein sometimes referred to as a battery bank, abattery disconnect switch 22, herein sometimes referred to as a BDS, astarter motor 24 for cranking an internal combustion engine that propels a truck, and acontrol unit 26 for operatingBDS 22. Ignition switch connection tostarter motor 24 is not shown.Control unit 26 and BDS 22 are integrated withbattery bank 20 on the truck chassis. - BDS 22 assumes a normally closed condition for conducting current from
battery bank 20 to startermotor 24 when the ignition switch is placed in start position to crank the vehicle's engine. Whencontrol unit 26 receives a signal requesting that BDS 22 be operated to open condition, the control unit delivers a trigger signal toBDS 22 that causesBDS 22 to open and prevent current flow frombattery bank 20 to startermotor 24. -
Control unit 26 can receive signals from an HMI (human machine interface) 28, awired communication channel 30, and awireless communication channel 32. Wired and wireless communication are redundant in the disclosed embodiment, meaning that a signal request to operateBDS 22 to open is concurrently sent by both wire and wireless channels from a location that is remote from the battery bank. HMI 28 is understood to be an operator, such as a pushbutton, at the location of the switch. -
FIG. 2 shows asecond control unit 34 that receives signals from HMI 28 and re-transmits them to controlunit 26 both by wire and wireless.Control unit 34 is remote fromcontrol unit 26 and is located, for example, in the instrumental panel of the truck cab. -
FIGS. 3A and 3B illustrate respective relay type BDS actuators.FIG. 3C illustrates a pyroelectric type BDS actuator. These three actuators are present in known battery disconnect switches. - In
FIG. 3A , the receipt of a trigger signal T byactuator 36 causes the actuator to openBDS 22. When no trigger signal is given,BDS 22 is closed. - When a voltage whose polarity is represented by numeral 40 in
FIG. 3B is applied toactuator 38,BDS 22 is closed. When a voltage of opposite polarity, as represented by numeral 42, is applied,BDS 22 is open. - When a voltage is applied to
actuator 44 inFIG. 3C ,BDS 22 is irreversibly opened. -
FIG. 4 showscontrol unit 26 to comprise a power supply andvoltage regulator 50 powered bybattery bank 20 for developing aregulated voltage 52, such as +12 VDC, that is supplied toBDS 22 and a regulated voltage, such as +5 VDC, for operating a microcontroller system (MCS) 54. A back-uppower supply 56 is provided for power supply andvoltage regulator 50 in case the latter's connection to the battery bank through the vehicle electrical system is somehow lost. -
MCS 54 will triggerBDS 22 via atrigger circuit 58 whenMCS 54 receives a command to disconnectbattery bank 20 from the vehicle electrical system. The command may come from any one or more of three sources, namely from the non-remote HMI input directly toMCS 54, from a remote initiator via wired communication, and from a remote initiator via wireless communication. Wired communication toMCS 54 is through one or more of an SAE J1939 and an SAE J1708 data link. Wireless communication can occur via one or more wireless communication protocols such as Zigbee and Bluetooth. -
FIG. 5A shows howMCS 54 is associated with theactuator 36 ofFIG. 3A . Thetrigger circuit 58 comprises a transistor driver in which the collector is connected to one terminal ofactuator 36. The other terminal ofactuator 36 is connected tobattery bank 20 throughBDS 22. WhenMCS 54 operates the transistor driver,actuator 36 becomes grounded through the transistor. Battery current flows throughBDS 22,actuator 36 and the transistor to ground causing the actuator to openBDS 22 and automatically terminating the current flow to ground throughactuator 36. -
FIG. 5B shows howMCS 54 is associated with the actuator ofFIG. 3B . Voltage is applied toactuator 38 in the polarity sense ofreference numeral 40 when a first transistor driver 40A is turned on byMCS 54. Voltage is applied toactuator 38 in the polarity sense ofreference numeral 42 when a second transistor driver 42A is turned on byMCS 54. Both battery voltage (20) and regulated voltage (52) are supplied to the collector of driver 40A through respective diodes D1, D2. Both battery voltage (20) and regulated voltage (52) are also supplied to the collector of driver 42A through respective diodes D3, D4. Diodes D5, D6 provide reverse polarity protection for the respective driver drivers. -
FIG. 5C shows howMCS 54 is associated with the actuator ofFIG. 3C . Thetrigger circuit 58 comprises a transistor driver in which the collector is connected to one terminal ofactuator 44. The other terminal ofactuator 44 is connected to battery bank voltage (20) and to regulated voltage (52) through respective diodes D1, D2. -
FIG. 6 showscontrol unit 26 to comprise a microcontroller system (MCS) 70 that is associated with the wired communication channel, the wireless communication channel, and the HMI interface. -
MCS 70, likeMCS 54, monitors battery bank voltage as an indicator of the healthy status of the battery bank and the associated battery cable system. Should the battery bank voltage become less than voltage needed to operate the BDS actuator,microcontroller 70 outputs regulated +12V to the trigger circuit (reference 52) to provide enough power supply for the BDS to function correctly when the microcontroller is commanded to disconnect the battery bank via the trigger circuits. -
Microcontroller 70 can receive a command input from the HMI interface, from the wired communication interface, or the wireless communication interface. A J1939 communication is used as a standard wired communication interface. A J1708 is optionally available for a vehicle that has no J1939 network. - For redundancy, Zigbee wireless communication technology is implemented. Bluetooth wireless communication technology is used as an option for control interface expansibility. The redundancy of wired communication and wireless communications increases the probability that BDS will be shut off when commanded.
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FIG. 7 illustrates details of the power supply andvoltage regulator 50. A step up/step down DC/DC converter 90 with burst mode can develop regulated +12 VDC output from input voltages ranging from +4 VDC to +60 VDC. One input toconverter 90 is from the battery bank through a diode. Another input is from the back-uppower circuit 56. Avoltage regulator 92 develops +5 VDC for the microcontroller system from the output ofconverter 90. -
FIG. 8 illustrates back-uppower circuit 56. It comprises a super-capacitor 100 and a back-upbattery pack 102. The super-capacitor 100 is charged from the battery bank through a diode D7.Battery pack 102 parallels super-capacitor 100 and is kept charged from the battery bank. -
FIG. 9 showscontrol unit 34. A microcontroller 104 can read a user command from a push button with energy harvest module 106 and transmit the command to controlunit 26 through wired and/or wireless channels. When the push button is pushed, the energy harvest module provides power to assure the microcontroller and Zigbee module both perform the user request. This enablescontrol unit 34 to still send a command to controlunit 26 should the power supply to the MHI interface and/or wired communication channel become non-functional, such as in an accident. - While a presently preferred embodiment of the invention has been illustrated and described, it should be appreciated that principles of the invention are applicable to all embodiments that fall within the scope of the following claims.
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11. A motor vehicle comprising:
an electrical system connected through a battery disconnect switch to a bank of one or more DC storage batteries;
a battery disconnect switch controller for opening the battery disconnect switch in response to a command to disconnect the battery bank from the electrical system;
redundant power supplies for the switch and the controller.
12. A motor vehicle as set forth in claim 11 wherein the redundant power supplies comprise the battery bank and a power supply and regulator for supplying regulated voltages of different levels, one voltage level being supplied to a microcontroller that processes a command to open the disconnect switch and another voltage level being supplied to the disconnect switch.
13. A motor vehicle as set forth in claim 11 wherein the power supply and regulator comprises a DC-to-DC converter that outputs the voltage level supplied to the disconnect switch and including a further regulator that has an input receiving the voltage level output of the DC-to-DC converter and an output that provides the voltage level supplied to the microcontroller.
14. A motor vehicle as set forth in claim 13 wherein the DC-to-DC converter comprises an input that is coupled via a diode with the battery bank and also coupled via another diode with a back-up source of DC voltage that is kept sufficiently charged by a connection to the battery bank to provide enough electrical power to the controller to enable the controller to operate the disconnect switch if battery bank power is lost to the controller.
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