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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2003
Hideto Hanada, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroshi Tsujii, Mishima, JP;
Takashi Kawai, Susono, JP;
Masanori Sugiura, Toyota, JP;
Ken Kuretake, Mishima, JP;
Hideto Hanada, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroshi Tsujii, Mishima, JP;
Takashi Kawai, Susono, JP;
Masanori Sugiura, Toyota, JP;
Ken Kuretake, Mishima, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A control apparatus for use in a vehicle for controlling an energy storage device adapted to discharge electric power that varies with a temperature is provided. The control apparatus includes a temperature sensor that measures a temperature associated with the energy storage device, and a voltage control unit that sets a minimum storage voltage of the energy storage device to a relatively high voltage level when the temperature measured by the temperature sensor is lower than a predetermined temperature, as compared with a voltage level to which the minimum storage voltage is set when the temperature is higher than the predetermined temperature.