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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2019
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Naoki Yanagizawa, Nagakute, JP;
Shuji Tomura, Nagakute, JP;
Kyosuke Tanemura, Nagakute, JP;
Kazuo Ootsuka, Nagakute, JP;
Shigeaki Goto, Nagakute, JP;
Junta Izumi, Nagoya, JP;
Kenji Kimura, Miyoshi, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a power supply device which includes a plurality of battery modules and in which the battery modules are connected in series with one another in accordance with a gate driving signal from a controller. The power supply device includes a disconnecting part configured to forcibly isolate the battery module from a series connection regardless of the gate driving signal, and limits, in accordance with a target output voltage value, a number of the battery modules to be forcibly isolated by the disconnecting part.