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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2012
Toshihiro Sone, Shioya-gun, JP;
Toshihiro Sone, Shioya-gun, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A power unit for an electric vehicle includes: a first power source connected between a first node and a second node; a first switch connected between the second node and a third node; a second power source connected between the third node and a fourth node; a second switch connected between the first node and the third node; and a DC-DC converter, wherein the DC-DC converter adjusts an electric potential of the first node by changing an electric potential of the second node by making the first node connectable to the third node, or, by making the second node connectable to the third node; an output electric power obtained from between the first node and the fourth node is supplied to an electric motor; and the first power source or the second power source is a fuel cell stack and an another is a secondary battery.