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Patent No.:

US 10406933 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019

Filed:

Sep. 07, 2017

Vehicle

Applicant:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;

Inventor:

Yoshihiro Nomura, Toyota, JP;

Assignee:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;

Attorney:

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Thienvu V Tran

Assistant Examiner:

Brian K Baxter

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 11/18 (2006.01); B60L 3/00 (2019.01); H01M 10/615 (2014.01); H01M 10/625 (2014.01); H01M 10/63 (2014.01); H01M 10/42 (2006.01); H01M 10/46 (2006.01); B60L 50/51 (2019.01); B60L 58/27 (2019.01); B60L 53/16 (2019.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.01); B60L 50/64 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 11/1875 (2013.01); B60L 3/0046 (2013.01); B60L 50/51 (2019.02); B60L 58/27 (2019.02); H01M 10/425 (2013.01); H01M 10/46 (2013.01); H01M 10/615 (2015.04); H01M 10/625 (2015.04); H01M 10/63 (2015.04); B60L 50/64 (2019.02); B60L 53/16 (2019.02); B60L 58/12 (2019.02); B60L 2210/10 (2013.01); B60L 2240/54 (2013.01); B60L 2240/545 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7005 (2013.01); Y02T 10/705 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle includes: a battery charger configured to be able to perform external charging that charges a battery using electric power from an external power source; and a warming device configured to warm the battery, the warming device being connected to an electric power line connected to the battery. When temperature of the battery is less than a second prescribed temperature that is lower than a first prescribed temperature during execution of charging control that controls the battery charger to perform the external charging, warming control that controls the warming device to warm the battery is executed, and when the temperature of the battery is equal to or more than the second prescribed temperature, execution of the warming control is suppressed.

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