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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2008
Takeshi Fujino, Wako, JP;
Mitsuaki Hirakawa, Wako, JP;
Minoru Noguchi, Wako, JP;
Eisuke Komazawa, Wako, JP;
Takeshi Fujino, Wako, JP;
Mitsuaki Hirakawa, Wako, JP;
Minoru Noguchi, Wako, JP;
Eisuke Komazawa, Wako, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A power supply device for vehicles, output units () thereof are connected to a motor (), includes a fuel cell () which is connected to the output units (), a capacitor () which is connected in parallel to the fuel cell (), a lithium ion battery () which is connected in parallel to the capacitor () through a DC/DC converter (), and a current control means () which limits an output current of the lithium ion battery () to at most an output upper-limit current (Ibout_lmt) when power is supplied to the motor () from the lithium ion battery () during a power running operation of the motor (), and limits an input current into the lithium ion battery () to at most an input upper-limit current smaller than the output upper-limit current (Ibin_lmt) through the DC/DC converter () when regenerative power of the motor () is recovered into the lithium ion battery () during a regenerative operation of the motor ().