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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2022
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Shingo Nagai, Toyota, JP;
Naoto Koshino, Okazaki, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/13 (2016.01); B60L 58/13 (2019.01); B60L 58/24 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/13 (2016.01); B60L 58/13 (2019.02); B60L 58/24 (2019.02); B60W 2510/246 (2013.01); B60W 2555/00 (2020.02);
Abstract
A motor controller for controlling a motor that is driven with electric power from a battery includes an atmospheric pressure sensor, and a coil temperature sensor. The motor controller is configured to determine an upper limit state of charge of the battery, and lower the upper limit state of charge of the battery in response to the atmospheric pressure being a predetermined pressure or lower or in response to the coil temperature being a predetermined temperature or higher.