Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Power supply system, vehicle with the power supply system and power supply system control method
- Patent Title (中): 电源系统,车载电源系统及电源系统控制方式
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Application No.: US12506294Application Date: 2009-07-21
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Publication No.: US08049367B2Publication Date: 2011-11-01
- Inventor: Junta Izumi , Kiyohito Machida
- Applicant: Junta Izumi , Kiyohito Machida
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota-Shi
- Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota-Shi
- Agency: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle, Anderson & Citkowski, P.C.
- Priority: JP2008-193790 20080728
- Main IPC: H02J7/00
- IPC: H02J7/00 ; H02J9/00

Abstract:
When a vehicle is set to a travel control mode or external charging mode, a vehicle system is activated for executing the control mode to which the vehicle is set. A converter ECU selects one sub power storage unit to be used first after activation of the vehicle system, based on a power storage unit used after preceding activation as read from a memory unit contained in the converter ECU and based on respective states of charge of sub power storage units, and electrically connects the selected sub power storage unit and a converter via a switch circuit. When the vehicle system is activated for executing the travel control mode, the converter ECU updates information about the power storage unit used after preceding activation as stored in the memory unit, to information about the power storage unit used first after the present activation of the vehicle system. When the vehicle system has been activated for executing the external charging mode, the converter ECU maintains the information about power storage used after the preceding activation as stored in the memory.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100019569A1 POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, VEHICLE WITH THE POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM AND POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD Public/Granted day:2010-01-28
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