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Patent No.:

US 11345242 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2022

Filed:

May. 26, 2020

Vehicle drive system

Applicant:

Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;

Inventors:

Akihiro Furukawa, Aki-gun, JP;

Seiyo Hirano, Aki-gun, JP;

Hideki Sanai, Aki-gun, JP;

Assignee:

MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, Hiroshima, JP;

Attorney:

Xsensus LLP

Primary Examiner:

Erick D Glass

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 1/00 (2006.01); H02P 3/00 (2006.01); H02P 5/00 (2016.01); B60L 50/40 (2019.01); B60L 53/20 (2019.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); B60L 53/55 (2019.01); B60K 6/28 (2007.10); H02J 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 50/40 (2019.02); B60K 6/28 (2013.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.02); B60L 53/20 (2019.02); B60L 53/55 (2019.02); H02J 1/102 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle drive system includes: a power supply in which a battery and a capacitor are connected in series; a primary drive motor to which a voltage of the battery is provided; secondary drive motors to each of which a total voltage (Vin) of the battery and the power supply capacitor is provided; a charging circuit; and a control circuit that controls charging/discharging of the power supply. The control circuit operates switches SW, SWof the charging circuit so as to control charging/discharging of the battery and the capacitor.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Furukawa, Akihiro. (2022). Vehicle drive system (U.S. Patent No. 11345242). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11345242

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