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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2022
Applicant:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Toshihiro Sone, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/34 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 58/40 (2019.01); B60L 50/75 (2019.01); H02P 27/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/34 (2013.01); B60L 50/75 (2019.02); B60L 58/40 (2019.02); H02J 7/0063 (2013.01); H02P 27/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A power supply system connected to a motor unit of an electric vehicle, the power supply system includes: a fuel cell; a secondary battery; a voltage control unit; and a switch. The fuel cell is directly connected to the motor unit, the secondary battery is connected to the motor unit via the voltage control unit, and the switch is configured to switch between a first state in which the secondary battery and the voltage control unit are connected in parallel with the fuel cell and a second state in which the secondary battery and the voltage control unit are connected in series with the fuel cell.