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Patent No.:

US 9878625 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018

Filed:

Mar. 17, 2017

Vehicle including charger and electronic control unit configured to control the charger, and control method for controlling charger of vehicle

Applicant:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;

Inventors:

Fumiyoshi Kuribara, Toyota, JP;

Shigetaka Asano, Okazaki, JP;

Assignee:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;

Attorney:

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

Primary Examiner:

Thomas G Black

Assistant Examiner:

Ana Thomas

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 11/18 (2006.01); B60L 11/12 (2006.01); B60K 6/46 (2007.10);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 11/1814 (2013.01); B60K 6/46 (2013.01); B60L 11/123 (2013.01); B60L 11/1812 (2013.01); B60L 11/1861 (2013.01); B60L 2210/10 (2013.01); B60L 2240/54 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/92 (2013.01); B60Y 2300/91 (2013.01); B60Y 2400/112 (2013.01); Y10S 903/904 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle includes a high voltage battery, a charger and an ECU. When electric power from an external power supply is equal to or less than first predetermined electric power and first power feeding control to feed electric power to a low voltage system power line is performed, the ECU is configured to control the charger to: continue the drive of the charger when a first predetermined time has not elapsed from a start of the first power feeding control or when charged electric power of the high voltage battery is greater than second predetermined electric power that is smaller than the first predetermined electric power after the first predetermined time has elapsed; and stop the drive of the charger when the charged electric power of the high voltage battery is equal to or less than the second predetermined electric power after the first predetermined time has elapsed.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Kuribara, Fumiyoshi. (2018). Vehicle including charger and electronic control unit configured to control the charger, and control method for controlling charger of vehicle (U.S. Patent No. 9878625). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9878625

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