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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2022
Applicant:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/34 (2006.01); B60L 50/40 (2019.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); B60L 58/22 (2019.01); G01R 31/3835 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/345 (2013.01); B60L 50/40 (2019.02); B60L 50/60 (2019.02); B60L 58/22 (2019.02); G01R 31/3835 (2019.01); H02J 7/0013 (2013.01); H02J 7/0063 (2013.01); B60L 2240/547 (2013.01);
Abstract
Before power is supplied to a load from a capacitor and a plurality of batteries, a battery for initially supplying power for charging to the capacitor is determined from among the plurality of batteries, based on a result of acquiring the voltage of each battery, and voltage equalization of the plurality of batteries is performed in response to power for charging being supplied to the capacitor from the determined battery.