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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2020
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Woo Young Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Ju Han Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A vehicle includes a boost converter configured to bypass or to convert a stack voltage and output the bypassed or converted stack voltage as a first voltage in response to a first control signal, a first switching unit configured to be switched in response to a first switching signal to form a main path to supply the first voltage to a battery, a buck converter configured to convert and output a level of the first voltage to the battery as a second voltage in response to a second control signal, a second switching unit configured to be switched in response to a second switching signal to form a bypass path to supply the second voltage to the battery, and a controller configured to inspect a level of voltage charged in the battery and generate the first and second control signals and the first and second switching signals based thereon.