Patent ID: 11936318
Assignee: KIA CORPORATION
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B  Y | IPC B  H

Claim 8:
9. The charging method of claim 8, wherein the inverter, to which D.C. power stored in the battery is applied, comprises a plurality of legs each comprising two switching elements connected to each other in series;
the motor comprises a plurality of coils of which first ends are respectively connected to connection nodes of the switching elements included in each of the plurality of legs, and second ends are connected to each other to form the neutral point; and
in the motor driving mode, the D.C. power is changed into A.C. power of a plurality of phases by switching of the switching elements, and the A.C. power is supplied to the motor, and
in the charging mode, the charging voltage supplied to the neutral point of the motor is boosted by a boost converter including one of the coils of the motor and the two switching elements in one leg connected to the one coil, and then is supplied to the battery.