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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2005
Kantaro Yoshimoto, Yokohama, JP;
Yasuhiko Kitajima, Kamakura, JP;
Kantaro Yoshimoto, Yokohama, JP;
Yasuhiko KitaJima, Kamakura, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A control method for a power converter capable of reducing overall volume of a system and energy loss by using a plurality of power sources and distributing loads to them without a DCDC converter. The power converter has DC power sources and poles formed by connecting various poles of the DC sources. Voltage is applied to a load by switching between poles. The method includes operating a switch between poles of the first DC power source when a voltage command is lower than the electric potential of the second DC power source; and operating a switch between the poles of the second DC source when the voltage command is higher than the electric potential of the second DC source.