Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle
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Application No.: US15052236Application Date: 2016-02-24
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Publication No.: US09598031B2Publication Date: 2017-03-21
- Inventor: Junichi Matsumoto
- Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota
- Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Priority: JP2015-036672 20150226
- Main IPC: H02H5/04
- IPC: H02H5/04 ; B60R16/033 ; H02H3/04 ; H02H9/00 ; H02H3/05 ; H02H7/18

Abstract:
A vehicle capable of running by using dynamic power of a motor includes: a battery to perform input/output of electric power for the motor; a fuse to be connected in series with the battery and to melt when an electric current exceeding a permissible value flows; and a control apparatus to restrict magnitude of the input/output electric power of the battery to less than an upper limit electric power. The control apparatus calculates a degradation level of the fuse such that degradation proceeds whenever temperature of the fuse exceeds a threshold temperature, and reduces the upper limit electric power when the degradation level of the fuse exceeds a target degradation level. The target degradation level is a value that is lower than a limit degradation level corresponding to a degradation level when the degradation of the fuse reaches a limit and that becomes higher as mileage of the vehicle increases.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160254661A1 VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2016-09-01
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