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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2017
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Fumiyoshi Kuribara, Toyota, JP;
Shigetaka Asano, Okazaki, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 11/18 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 11/1868 (2013.01); B60L 11/1809 (2013.01); B60L 11/1862 (2013.01); H02J 7/0021 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a low power charging mode, when a predetermined time has elapsed from the start of external charging, the external charging ends. With this, it is possible to suppress excessive extension of a power feeding time from an external power supply, and to secure a charging amount of a high voltage battery at least to some extent.