Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090115375 | Power supply system for vehicle - A power supply system for a vehicle includes: batteries; motor generators operating as rotating electrical machines driven by electric power in the batteries when the vehicle is running, and constituting a first charger when the batteries are charged by electric power received from a source external to the vehicle and; an inlet receiving the electric power supplied from the external source; a second charger receiving the electric power supplied from the external source and charging the batteries; and a control device selecting one of the first and second chargers and performing control for converting the electric power supplied from the external source to the inlet into charging electric power using the selected charger. Thus, a power supply system for a vehicle that is chargeable from various power supplies at the time of charging and has reduced charge loss can be provided. | 05-07-2009 |
20100131137 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, VEHICLE WITH THE SAME AND CHARGE/DISCHARGE CONTROL METHOD - A vehicle starts traveling in an EV travel mode. When a reset request is issued to a first power storage unit, current control is performed to discharge actively the first power storage unit. After time when charging by an external power supply becomes allowed, a discharge current of the first power storage unit to be reset is kept at a constant current value, and a second power storage unit not to be reset is charged with a charge current including at least the discharge current of the first power storage unit. When a distinctive point appears on a battery voltage characteristic of the first power storage unit at a subsequent time, an estimated value of an SOC of the first power storage unit is reset to a predetermined reference value. | 05-27-2010 |
20100133913 | CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR ELECTRIC SYSTEM - An electric system including a first converter and a second converter connected in parallel executes a program including a step of controlling a value of a voltage of a section between the first converter and the second converter to be higher by a predetermined value than either voltage value V( | 06-03-2010 |
20100134065 | ELECTRIC SYSTEM, CHARGING DEVICE AND CHARGING METHOD FOR ELECTRIC SYSTEM - An ECU executes a program including the steps of causing a battery pack to discharge when an external power supply is connected to a charger, stopping discharge of the battery pack when a state of charge of the battery pack is reduced to a reset value, and charging the battery pack after the state of charge is reduced to the reset value. | 06-03-2010 |
20100181829 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM AND ELECTRIC POWERED VEHICLE INCLUDING POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - Converters are configured to operate in a normal operation to convert the electric power that is input/output to/from secondary batteries bidirectionally to direct current voltage. In a predetermined mode allowing the secondary batteries to be charged, at least one of the converters does not perform a switching operation and holds on an upper arm element to avoid a switching loss in charging the secondary batteries. An electric power loss caused at the converters in charging the secondary batteries can be reduced, and charging efficiency can be enhanced. | 07-22-2010 |
20100324765 | VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH POWER STORAGE DEVICE AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL METHOD OF POWER STORAGE DEVICE - A vehicle includes a battery as a power storage device that can be charged and discharged, a booster unit, an inverter, and a motor generator operating as a vehicle driving unit receiving electric power supply from the battery to drive the vehicle, a coupling unit coupling the vehicle with an external power supply for charging the battery from the outside of the vehicle, and a control device performing control related to the battery. The control device determines whether or not a destination is a charging-available place where the battery can be charged from the outside of the vehicle, and if the destination is a charging-available place, performs control related to the battery so that the temperature of the battery is a charging-efficient temperature on arrival at the destination. | 12-23-2010 |