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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017

Filed:

Mar. 04, 2015
Applicant:

Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Kuniaki Kaihara, Tokyo, JP;

Shohei Kawano, Tokyo, JP;

Hiroyuki Sakai, Tokyo, JP;

Atsushi Kodama, Tokyo, JP;

Yuya Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 11/08 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 11/08 (2013.01); B60L 11/1803 (2013.01); B60L 11/1868 (2013.01); B60L 2210/10 (2013.01); B60L 2240/545 (2013.01); Y02T 10/70 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7005 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7066 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7077 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7216 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle controlling system includes a high-voltage circuit including a motor for driving a vehicle and a generator driven by an engine; an intermediate-voltage circuit including a battery and having a potential lower than the potential of the high-voltage circuit; a low-voltage circuit having a potential lower than the potential of the intermediate-voltage circuit, accessories being disposed to the low-voltage circuit; a transformer disposed between the high-voltage circuit and the intermediate-voltage circuit; and a down converter disposed between the intermediate-voltage circuit and the low-voltage circuit. The controlling system further includes a generator controller to control the generator such that the generator generates power equal to or higher than the sum of power consumed by the motor and power output from the transformer to the intermediate-voltage circuit at a temperature of the battery lower than a predetermined temperature, and a transformer controller to control the transformer such that the transformer outputs power equal to or lower than power output from the down converter to the low-voltage circuit at a temperature of the battery lower than the predetermined temperature.


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