Motor vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10483841-B2
Application number	US-201815955242-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 17, 2018
Priority date	May 19, 2017
Publication date	Nov 19, 2019
Grant date	Nov 19, 2019

Abstract

In a process of cancelling shutdown of a second converter during transmission of electric power between a first power line and a second power line with voltage conversion by a first converter in a shutdown state of the second converter, a motor vehicle performs single element switching control that switches one switching element between third and fourth switching elements of the second converter while setting the other switching element off, such as to prevent an electric current in a reverse direction to an electric current flowing in a first reactor of the first converter from flowing in a second reactor of the second converter.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A motor vehicle, comprising:
a motor for driving;
a power storage device;
a first converter connected with a first power line which the motor is connected with, and a second power line which the power storage device is connected with, the first converter including first and second switching elements, first and second diodes and a first reactor and being configured to transmit electric power between the first power line and the second power line through voltage conversion;
a second converter connected with the first power line and a third power line which the power storage device is connected with and which is different from the second power line, the second converter including third and fourth switching elements, third and fourth diodes and a second reactor and being configured to transmit electric power between the first power line and the third power line through voltage conversion; and
a control device configured to perform voltage control of the first converter such that a voltage of the first power line becomes equal to a target voltage and to perform current control of the second converter such that an electric current flowing in the second reactor becomes equal to a target current, wherein
in a process of cancelling shutdown of the second converter during transmission of electric power between the first power line and the second power line through the voltage conversion by the first converter in a shutdown state of the second converter, the control device performs single element switching control that switches on one switching element between the third and the fourth switching elements of the second converter while setting the other switching element off, to prevent the electric current from flowing in the second reactor in reverse to a current flow direction in the first reactor.

2. The motor vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein in the process of cancelling shutdown of the second converter while the first converter steps up a voltage of an electric power of the second power line and supplies the electric power of the stepped-up voltage to the first power line in the shutdown state of the second converter, the control device performs the single element switching control to switch on the one switching element forming a lower arm between the third and the fourth switching elements of the second converter while setting the other switching element forming an upper arm off.

3. The motor vehicle according to claim 2 ,
wherein the control device performs the single element switching control to gradually reduce a duty ratio of the second converter from a value 1 until the electric current flowing in the second reactor becomes equal to the target current.

4. The motor vehicle according to claim 3 ,
wherein the power storage device includes a first power storage device connected with the second power line, and a second power storage device connected with the third power line.

5. The motor vehicle according to claim 2 ,
wherein the power storage device includes a first power storage device connected with the second power line, and a second power storage device connected with the third power line.

6. The motor vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein in the process of cancelling shutdown of the second converter while the first converter steps down a voltage of an electric power of the first power line and supplies the electric power of the stepped-down voltage to the second power line in the shutdown state of the second converter, the control device performs the single element switching control to switch on the one switching element forming an upper arm between the third and the fourth switching elements of the second converter while setting the other switching element forming a lower arm off.

7. The motor vehicle according to claim 6 ,
wherein the control device performs the single element switching control to gradually increase a duty ratio of the second converter from a value 0 until the electric current flowing in the second reactor becomes equal to the target current.

8. The motor vehicle according to claim 7 ,
wherein the power storage device includes a first power storage device connected with the second power line, and a second power storage device connected with the third power line.

9. The motor vehicle according to claim 6 ,
wherein the power storage device includes a first power storage device connected with the second power line, and a second power storage device connected with the third power line.

10. The motor vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the power storage device includes a first power storage device connected with the second power line, and a second power storage device connected with the third power line.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tsujii Shintaro

Classifications

• B60L2220/40

  Electrical machine applications · CPC title

• B60L2260/165

  of converters · CPC title

• B60L3/003 Primary

  relating to inverters · CPC title

• H02M7/797

  using semiconductor devices only · CPC title

• B60L2240/529

  Current · CPC title