Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle
- Patent Title (中): 车辆
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Application No.: US14838937Application Date: 2015-08-28
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Publication No.: US09533585B2Publication Date: 2017-01-03
- Inventor: Takashi Murata , Yusuke Kuruma
- Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Aichi-ken
- Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Aichi-ken
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JP2014-175992 20140829
- Main IPC: B60L11/18
- IPC: B60L11/18 ; H01M10/615 ; H01M10/635 ; B60W20/00

Abstract:
A vehicle includes: an electric storage device; a first temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of the electric storage device; a second temperature sensor configured to detect an environmental temperature; a heater configured to warm the electric storage device; and a controller configured to control the heater. The controller is configured to: when end time of the external charging is set, calculate a remaining time period from current time to the end time; identify a temperature increasing time period that corresponds to the calculated remaining time period, the temperature of the electric storage device, and the environmental temperature by using a corresponding relationship among the remaining time period, the temperature of the electric storage device, the environmental temperature, and the temperature increasing time period; and start driving the heater such that the temperature of the electric storage device at the end time reaches the target temperature.
Public/Granted literature
- US09499059B2 Vehicle Public/Granted day:2016-11-22
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