Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Power supply device for vehicles
- Patent Title (中): 车辆供电装置
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Application No.: US12222034Application Date: 2008-07-31
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Publication No.: US07994745B2Publication Date: 2011-08-09
- Inventor: Takeshi Fujino , Mitsuaki Hirakawa , Minoru Noguchi , Eisuke Komazawa
- Applicant: Takeshi Fujino , Mitsuaki Hirakawa , Minoru Noguchi , Eisuke Komazawa
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey (US) LLP
- Priority: JP2007-204768 20070806
- Main IPC: H02P3/14
- IPC: H02P3/14

Abstract:
A power supply device for vehicles, output units (10a, 10b) thereof are connected to a motor (5), includes a fuel cell (1) which is connected to the output units (10a, 10b), a capacitor (2) which is connected in parallel to the fuel cell (1), a lithium ion battery (21) which is connected in parallel to the capacitor (2) through a DC/DC converter (20), and a current control means (32) which limits an output current of the lithium ion battery (21) to at most an output upper-limit current (Ibout_lmt) when power is supplied to the motor (5) from the lithium ion battery (21) during a power running operation of the motor (5), and limits an input current into the lithium ion battery (21) to at most an input upper-limit current smaller than the output upper-limit current (Ibin_lmt) through the DC/DC converter (20) when regenerative power of the motor (5) is recovered into the lithium ion battery (21) during a regenerative operation of the motor (5).
Public/Granted literature
- US20090039815A1 Power supply device for vehicles Public/Granted day:2009-02-12
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