Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cooling system for vehicle-mounted secondary battery
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Application No.: US15092207Application Date: 2016-04-06
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Publication No.: US10403942B2Publication Date: 2019-09-03
- Inventor: Junta Izumi , Kiyohito Machida , Masakazu Habu , Kiyoe Ochiai
- Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JP2015-080604 20150410
- Main IPC: B60L11/18
- IPC: B60L11/18 ; H01M10/613 ; B60H1/00 ; H01M10/44 ; H01M10/48 ; H01M10/625 ; H01M10/6563 ; B60L58/26

Abstract:
A cooling system for cooling a main battery 10 includes a cooling fan 40 and a temperature sensor 61 configured to detect a battery temperature TB. The cooling system performs constant control in which the cooling fan 40 is driven at a constant command value when the battery temperature TB reaches or exceeds a first temperature T0 after startup of the electrically powered vehicle. Additionally, the cooling system detects whether or not a malfunction occurs in the cooling fan 40, based on an actual rpm of the cooling fan 40 obtained during the constant control. The cooling system performs the constant control in a situation in which charging of the main battery 10 is continued for a predetermined period of time or longer after the startup of the vehicle, regardless of whether the battery temperature TB is below the first temperature T0.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160301114A1 COOLING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE-MOUNTED SECONDARY BATTERY Public/Granted day:2016-10-13
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