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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 24, 2018
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventor:
Yoshihiko Hiroe, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 50/60 (2019.01); B60L 53/22 (2019.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 53/10 (2019.01); B60L 58/21 (2019.01); B60L 53/14 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 50/66 (2019.02); B60L 53/11 (2019.02); B60L 53/14 (2019.02); B60L 53/22 (2019.02); B60L 58/21 (2019.02); H02J 7/0024 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a battery pack including battery stacks and switching relays, and charging ports that are respectively connected to the battery stacks. The switching relays are configured to switch between a first state where the battery stack and the battery stack are electrically connected to each other, and a second state where the battery stack and the battery stack are electrically disconnected from each other.