The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2019
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Yoshitaka Niimi, Susono, JP;
Naoyoshi Takamatsu, Sunto-gun, JP;
Shunya Kobayashi, Gotemba, JP;
Satoru Ito, Numazu, JP;
Takuya Sakamoto, Susono, JP;
Hirotsugu Ohata, Susono, JP;
Shigeaki Goto, Nagakute, JP;
Shuji Tomura, Nagakute, JP;
Naoki Yanagizawa, Nagakute, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle control device includes: first and second power supplies, and a control unit controlling to, when a remaining capacity difference between the first power supply and the second power supply is large, to reduce a first operating range, in which the connection state with the electrical load is controlled to be series connection state of the power supplies, and increase a second operating range, in which the connection state with the electrical load is controlled to be the parallel connection state of the power supplies or the single connection state of one of the power supplies having a larger remaining capacity, as compared with a case where the remaining capacity difference is small.