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Patent No.:

US 10464432 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 08, 2016

Vehicle and contactless power transfer system

Applicant:

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

Inventor:

Tomoya Katanoda, Toyota, JP;

Assignee:

TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;

Attorney:

Oliff PLC

Primary Examiner:

Nicholas K Wiltey

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 50/90 (2016.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); H02J 50/12 (2016.01); H02J 7/02 (2016.01); H02J 7/04 (2006.01); B60L 53/12 (2019.01); B60L 53/38 (2019.01); B60L 53/36 (2019.01); B60L 53/60 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 11/1829 (2013.01); B60L 53/12 (2019.02); B60L 53/36 (2019.02); B60L 53/38 (2019.02); B60L 53/60 (2019.02); H02J 7/025 (2013.01); H02J 7/041 (2013.01); H02J 50/12 (2016.02); H02J 50/90 (2016.02); B60L 2240/80 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7005 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7072 (2013.01); Y02T 90/121 (2013.01); Y02T 90/122 (2013.01); Y02T 90/125 (2013.01); Y02T 90/128 (2013.01); Y02T 90/14 (2013.01); Y02T 90/163 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle includes a power receiving device, a power storage device, and an electronic control unit. A power receiving unit is configured to contactlessly receive electric power from a power transmitting unit of a power transmission device located outside the vehicle. The electronic control unit configured to set a charge start time at which the power storage device starts being charged, and start charging the power storage device with electric power received by the power receiving device irrespective of the charge start time, when the vehicle starts moving before the charge start time, from the condition where the position of the power receiving unit is adjusted relative to the power transmitting unit, and the vehicle is brought back into the condition where the position of the power receiving unit is adjusted relative to the power transmitting unit, within a predetermined time subsequent to start of movement of the vehicle.

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