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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2006
Applicants:
Takaya Soma, Toyota, JP;
Hiroshi Yoshida, Anjo, JP;
Takeshi Mogari, Nagoya, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60K 6/20 (2007.10);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
If a voltage of each of a plurality of capacitor cells forming a capacitor is lower than a system malfunction voltage V(), and if the voltage of any one of the capacitor cells is higher than a cell charge inhibition voltage V() lower than the system malfunction voltage V(), an ECU executes a program including a step of setting a limit value WIN(C) of electric power to be stored in the capacitor to be '0'.