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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2015
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Masaya Kaji, Toyota, JP;
Shuji Tomura, Nagakute, JP;
Masanori Ishigaki, Nagakute, JP;
Naoki Yanagizawa, Nagakute, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
An electrical source system has an electrical power converter which has a plurality of switching elements and performs an electrical power conversion with first and second electricity storage apparatus; and a control apparatus which controls an operation of the electrical power converter, when the electrical power converter performs the electrical power conversion with one electricity storage apparatus, the control apparatus controls the electrical power converter to change a switching state of one of two switching elements while keeping a switching state of the other one of the two switching elements in an ON state, each of two switching elements constitutes predetermined arm element whose switching state should be changed to perform the electrical power conversion with the one electricity storage apparatus.