Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle having power storage devices and charging line for supplying electric power provided from outside vehicle
- Patent Title (中): 具有蓄电装置的车辆和用于从外部车辆提供的电力的充电线
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Application No.: US12451606Application Date: 2008-07-07
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Publication No.: US08423209B2Publication Date: 2013-04-16
- Inventor: Shinji Ichikawa
- Applicant: Shinji Ichikawa
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota
- Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota
- Agency: Oliff & Berridge, PLC
- Priority: JP2007-184611 20070713
- International Application: PCT/JP2008/062649 WO 20080707
- International Announcement: WO2009/011322 WO 20090122
- Main IPC: B60K1/00
- IPC: B60K1/00 ; B60W10/24 ; H02J7/00

Abstract:
A vehicle (1) includes a plurality of chargeable and dischargeable batteries (B1, B2), a load device, a bus for supplying electric power to the load device, a plurality of voltage step-up converters (12-1, 12-2) provided in association with a plurality of batteries (B1, B2) respectively, a charging line (PCL) for supplying electric power provided from outside the vehicle to a connection point of the first battery (B1) and the first voltage step-up converter (12-1), and a control device (30). When charging from an external source is started, the control device (30) causes the first voltage step-up converter (12-1) to perform a rectifying operation for supplying electric current from the charging line to the bus in a case where a voltage of the bus is lower than a voltage of the charging line, and causes the first voltage step-up converter (12-2) to connect the bus and the second battery (B2).
Public/Granted literature
- US20100076636A1 VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2010-03-25
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