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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 12155253 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2024

Filed:

Jun. 05, 2023

Vehicle

Applicants:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;

Subaru Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Ippei Takesue, Nisshin, JP;

Yo Masuda, Musashino, JP;

Kazuya Fuke, Mitaka, JP;

Assignees:

TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;

SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Sughrue Mion, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Rexford N Barnie

Assistant Examiner:

Thai H Tran

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60R 16/033 (2006.01); H01M 10/46 (2006.01); H01M 10/625 (2014.01); H01M 10/633 (2014.01); H01M 10/657 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/007 (2013.01); H01M 10/46 (2013.01); H01M 10/625 (2015.04); H01M 10/633 (2015.04); H01M 10/657 (2015.04); H02J 7/00032 (2020.01); B60R 16/033 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle includes a secondary battery, a heater configured to be able to raise a temperature of the secondary battery, and a charging control unit configured to be connectable to an external power source. The charging control unit is configured to be able to output electric power supplied from the external power source to the secondary battery and the heater when connected to the external power source. The charging control unit is configured to be able to request the external power source for a requested power amount, and to be able to receive a supply of a supplied power amount in accordance with the requested power amount from the external power source. The charging control unit requests the external power source for the requested power amount including a first power amount required for charging the secondary battery and a second power amount required for heating by the heater.

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