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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2019
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Kazuo Ootsuka, Nagakute, JP;
Shuji Tomura, Nagakute, JP;
Naoki Yanagizawa, Nagakute, JP;
Kyosuke Tanemura, Nagakute, JP;
Shigeaki Goto, Nagakute, JP;
Junta Izumi, Nagoya, JP;
Kenji Kimura, Miyoshi, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/387 (2019.01); G01R 31/36 (2020.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/387 (2019.01); G01R 31/3648 (2013.01); H02J 7/0068 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a power supply device which includes a plurality of battery modules each having a secondary battery and in which the battery modules are connected in series with one another according to a gate driving signal from a controller. An SOC control target value that is a target value for states-of-charge of the battery modules is changed according to the number of the battery modules that are available to be connected in series.