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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2015
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Toru Ogaki, Saitama, JP;
Eiki Kamaya, Saitama, JP;
Yoshikazu Kemmoku, Saitama, JP;
Keisuke Fujimaki, Saitama, JP;
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A power consumption control device includes: a storage battery configured to supply power to an electric motor of a plug-in electric motor vehicle; a heating unit configured to heat the storage battery using heat generated through current flowing; a power conversion unit configured to convert power supplied from an external power supply; an estimation unit configured to estimate a change in effective capacity of the storage battery when the heating unit generates heat through current flowing by the power supplied from the external power supply and raises the temperature of the storage battery to a target temperature, based on an effective capacity corresponding to the temperature and SOC of the storage battery; and a controller configured to control usage of the power converted by the power conversion unit according to the change of the effective capacity, estimated by the estimation unit.