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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2021
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Yuma Miyamoto, Toyota, JP;
Kohki Ohkoshi, Nagoya, JP;
Masahiro Takahashi, Toyota, JP;
Akinori Kawamura, Okazaki, JP;
Taisuke Hayashi, Miyoshi, JP;
Takashi Fukai, Oobu, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
An in-vehicle solar charge control system includes a path switching unit provided in parallel with the first DC-to-DC converter on an electrical circuit that connects a solar DC-to-DC converter and a first battery and through which electricity having output power flows, and a switching unit controller which switches the path switching unit between a first state in which the output power is supplied to the first battery without being input to the first DC-to-DC converter, and a second state in which the output power is allowed to be input to the first DC-to-DC converter that is switched to the first operating state by a converter control unit.