Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Power supply stage of an electric appliance, in particular a battery charger for charging batteries of electric vehicles
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Application No.: US15127031Application Date: 2015-03-03
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Publication No.: US10158239B2Publication Date: 2018-12-18
- Inventor: Cesare Lasagni
- Applicant: Meta System S.p.A.
- Applicant Address: IT Reggio Emilia
- Assignee: Meta System S.p.A.
- Current Assignee: Meta System S.p.A.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Reggio Emilia
- Priority: ITMO2014A0070 20140317
- International Application: PCT/IT2015/000055 WO 20150303
- International Announcement: WO2015/140825 WO 20150924
- Main IPC: H02J7/00
- IPC: H02J7/00 ; B60L11/00 ; H02M1/32 ; H02H3/20 ; H02J5/00 ; H02M1/42 ; H02J7/02 ; H02H9/00 ; H02H9/04 ; B60L11/18 ; H02H7/18

Abstract:
The power supply stage (A) of an electric appliance, in particular battery chargers for charging batteries of electric vehicles or the like, comprises a power factor correction circuit (PFC), and overvoltage protection means equipped with: a switch (SW1) connected in series with a smoothing capacitor (C) of the power factor correction circuit (PFC); a control circuit (VD1) of the input voltage of the power supply stage (A) operatively connected to the switch (SW1).
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