Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle
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Application No.: US17481915Application Date: 2021-09-22
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Publication No.: US11541864B2Publication Date: 2023-01-03
- Inventor: Yusuke Ohama , Hiromichi Yahagi , Susumu Yamashita , Yusuke Komatsu , Yukari Ogawa , Kyohei Samura
- Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: McDermott Will & Emery LLP
- Priority: JPJP2020-162151 20200928
- Main IPC: B60T7/12
- IPC: B60T7/12 ; B60W20/00 ; B60L58/12 ; B60L58/18 ; B60W10/26 ; B60W10/06 ; H02J7/00 ; B60W10/08 ; H02P27/06

Abstract:
A vehicle includes a high-voltage system circuit including a high-voltage battery and an inverter, a low-voltage system circuit including a low-voltage battery and an updater, a DC-DC converter coupled between the two circuits, and a controller. The inverter converts DC electric power supplied from the high-voltage battery into AC electric power and outputs the AC electric power to a motor. The low-voltage battery has a lower output voltage than the high-voltage battery. The updater updates a program of an update-target device by using electric power supplied from the low-voltage or high-voltage battery. The DC-DC converter reduces in voltage output electric power of the high-voltage battery and then supplies the electric power to the low-voltage system circuit. When the updater starts updating of the program by using the electric power reduced in voltage, the controller limits operation of the inverter in response to the start of the updating of the program.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220097673A1 VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2022-03-31
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