Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle
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Application No.: US14975812Application Date: 2015-12-20
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Publication No.: US09909486B2Publication Date: 2018-03-06
- Inventor: Takashi Murata
- Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JP2014-266101 20141226
- Main IPC: F01P7/02
- IPC: F01P7/02 ; F02B63/04 ; H01M10/625 ; H01M10/63 ; B60K11/08

Abstract:
A vehicle includes an engine, a generator, an electric power storage device, a switch, a shutter, and a electronic control unit. The switch is configured to be operated by a user. The shutter is arranged in a path of air of intake air to the engine compartment from an outside of the vehicle. The electronic control unit configured to charge the electric power storage device by using the electric power generated by the generator when the switch is operated, and close the shutter when the electric power storage device is charged based on the operation of the switch.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160186644A1 VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2016-06-30
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