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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2016
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 11/18 (2006.01); H02P 27/06 (2006.01); B60L 11/04 (2006.01); B60L 11/08 (2006.01); B60L 1/00 (2006.01); B60L 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 27/06 (2013.01); B60L 1/00 (2013.01); B60L 3/0084 (2013.01); B60L 11/04 (2013.01); B60L 11/08 (2013.01); B60L 11/18 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7005 (2013.01);
Abstract
When a voltage (auxiliary power supply voltage) on an auxiliary power supply line is instantaneously decreased to be smaller than a resetting voltage, a resetting operation is automatically started in each of the MG-ECU and the HV-ECU to perform an initialization process. After the resetting operation of the MG-ECU and/or the HV-ECU, the MG-ECU causes a converter to start a forced discharging operation when a DC voltage of a first smoothing capacitor is higher than a first reference voltage, and/or when a DC voltage of a second smoothing capacitor is higher than a second reference voltage.