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Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 28, 2024
Applicant:

Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Daiko Tsutsumi, Wako, JP;

Koji Hosono, Wako, JP;

Akinori Kita, Wako, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/10 (2016.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); B60W 20/13 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/10 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electric power control device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information indicating a maximum power value that is a maximum value of electric power that can be output from a battery without causing an excessive output voltage drop and information indicating a requested power value, a determination unit configured to determine a suppliable power value indicating electric power that can be supplied from the battery to a starting mechanism when starting a stopped internal combustion engine, based on a difference between a maximum power value and a requested power value, and a control unit configured to start the internal combustion engine using electric power corresponding to the suppliable power value determined by the determination unit.


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