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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2015
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Akihiko Ide, Okazaki, JP;
Hidetsugu Hamada, Toyota, JP;
Masatoshi Shinohara, Toyota, JP;
Shohei Sunahara, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
An electric power conversion unit of an electric power converter establishes two converter circuits including four switching elements and two batteries and carries out electric power conversion in a parallel mode in which the batteries are connected in parallel with each other. A controller is configured to set a control signal for each of the switching elements, identify a target switching element of which a temperature is suppressed, determine a state having a maximum loss value in correspondence with input-output data, and execute phase control for suppressing the maximum loss value.