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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2020
Applicants:
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Jin Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
HanYoung Park, Anyang-si, KR;
Assignees:
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul, KR;
KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 58/12 (2019.01); B60L 8/00 (2006.01); B60L 53/22 (2019.01); B60L 58/18 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 58/12 (2019.02); B60L 8/003 (2013.01); B60L 53/22 (2019.02); B60L 58/18 (2019.02); B60L 2240/665 (2013.01); B60L 2260/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes: a first battery; a second battery; a solar cell; a power divider configured to transfer power produced by the solar cell to the first battery or transfer power produced by the solar cell to the second battery; and a controller configured to control the power divider to transfer the power produced by the solar cell to at least one of the first battery and the second battery based on a state of charge (SoC) of the first battery and a SoC of the second battery.