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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2021

Filed:

Jun. 03, 2019
Applicant:

Subaru Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Kazu Hamada, Tokyo, JP;

Kosuke Hirabayashi, Tokyo, JP;

Kazuhiro Goto, Tokyo, JP;

Akihiro Kawakami, Tokyo, JP;

Satoshi Inoue, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 1/00 (2006.01); B60L 58/19 (2019.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.01); B60L 58/16 (2019.01); H02P 27/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 58/19 (2019.02); B60L 50/66 (2019.02); B60L 58/12 (2019.02); B60L 58/16 (2019.02); B60L 2240/545 (2013.01); B60L 2240/547 (2013.01); B60L 2240/549 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/91 (2013.01); B60Y 2300/91 (2013.01); H02P 27/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electrically powered vehicle includes a battery, a mounting member, a switch, and a switch controller. The battery is configured to supply power for moving. On the mounting member, a supplementary battery configured to supply power for moving is detachably mountable. The switch is configured to switch connection of the battery and the supplementary battery mounted on the mounting member between series and parallel connections. The switch controller is configured to control the switch in accordance with condition information about the battery and condition information about the supplementary battery mounted on the mounting member.


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