Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Power supply apparatus of vehicle
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Application No.: US15107953Application Date: 2014-11-20
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Publication No.: US09987947B2Publication Date: 2018-06-05
- Inventor: Hideki Kamatani , Suguru Kumazawa , Ryoji Sato
- 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: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
- Priority: JP2014-002346 20140109
- International Application: PCT/JP2014/005842 WO 20141120
- International Announcement: WO2015/104744 WO 20150716
- Main IPC: B60W20/00
- IPC: B60W20/00 ; B60L11/18 ; B60L3/00 ; B60L11/02 ; B60K6/442

Abstract:
A power supply apparatus of a vehicle includes: an engine and a first MG; a battery; a converter stepping up a voltage of the battery and supplying the stepped-up voltage to an inverter of the vehicle; and a control device controlling the converter in a continuous voltage step-up mode in which the converter is continuously operated and an intermittent voltage step-up mode in which the converter is intermittently operated. The control device estimates an SOC of the battery based on battery current IB flowing into and out of the battery, and forces the battery to be charged by the engine and the first MG when an estimate value of the SOC is lower than a predetermined lower limit. The control device suppresses an operation of the converter in the intermittent voltage step-up mode to a greater extent as the estimate value of the SOC is closer to the lower limit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160318416A1 POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS OF VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2016-11-03
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