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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10543750 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020

Filed:

Nov. 20, 2017

Vehicle

Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Yoshifumi Ota, Okazaki, JP;

Shuichi Nagata, Toyota, JP;

Assignee:

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

Attorney:

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

Primary Examiner:

Rexford N Barnie

Assistant Examiner:

Terrence R Willoughby

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 8/00 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); B60W 10/26 (2006.01); B60W 20/13 (2016.01); H02J 7/35 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 58/13 (2019.01); B60L 58/20 (2019.01); B60L 1/00 (2006.01); H02S 20/30 (2014.01); H02S 10/40 (2014.01); H02J 9/06 (2006.01); H02J 7/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 8/003 (2013.01); B60L 1/006 (2013.01); B60L 58/13 (2019.02); B60L 58/20 (2019.02); B60W 10/26 (2013.01); B60W 20/13 (2016.01); H02J 7/0068 (2013.01); H02J 7/35 (2013.01); H02S 20/30 (2014.12); B60L 2210/10 (2013.01); B60L 2240/54 (2013.01); B60L 2240/545 (2013.01); H02J 7/0054 (2013.01); H02J 7/0075 (2013.01); H02J 7/14 (2013.01); H02J 9/062 (2013.01); H02S 10/40 (2014.12); Y02E 10/566 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle includes: a solar panel; a power storage device configured to store electric power generated by the solar panel; and a control device configured to control charging and discharging of thee power storage device such that a state of charge of the power storage device is in a range between an upper limit value and a lower limit value. The control device is configured to set the upper limit value to be larger when an external power supply mode in which the electric power generated by the solar panel is supplied to the outside of the vehicle via the power storage device is selected than when the external power supply mode is not selected.

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