Electrically driven vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11338683-B2
Application number	US-201916243631-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 9, 2019
Priority date	Jan 19, 2018
Publication date	May 24, 2022
Grant date	May 24, 2022

Abstract

In the event of an abnormality occurring in a temperature sensor that is used to detect the temperature of a battery, an electrically driven vehicle sets a drivable time by using a reference temperature of the battery and gives permission for emergency drive until a driving time of the electrically driven vehicle reaches the drivable time. When the reference temperature is used for the first time since the occurrence of the abnormality in the temperature sensor, a temperature detected before the occurrence of the abnormality in the temperature sensor is used as the reference temperature. When the reference temperature is used for the second or subsequent time since the occurrence of the abnormality in the temperature sensor, a temperature obtained by applying a resistance value based on an inter-terminal voltage of the battery and an electric current flowing in the battery, to a correlation between battery resistance and battery temperature is used as the reference temperature.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electrically driven vehicle, comprising:
a battery;
a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of the battery;
a motor configured to output a power for driving by using electric power from the battery; and
a control device configured to set a drivable time using a map where a relationship between a reference temperature of the battery and the drivable time is predetermined, when an abnormality occurs in the temperature sensor, wherein
the control device is configured to:
(1) when the reference temperature is used for a first time since the occurrence of the abnormality in the temperature sensor, use a temperature detected before the occurrence of the abnormality in the temperature sensor, as the reference temperature; and
(2) when the reference temperature is used for a second or subsequent time since the occurrence of the abnormality in the temperature sensor, use a temperature obtained by applying a resistance value based on an inter-terminal voltage of the battery and an electric current flowing in the battery, to a correlation between battery resistance and battery temperature, as the reference temperature.

2. The electrically driven vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein when the reference temperature is used for the second or subsequent time since the occurrence of the abnormality in the temperature sensor, the control device uses the reference temperature used for the first time since the occurrence of the abnormality in the temperature sensor or a previously used reference temperature, as the reference temperature in a case where the temperature obtained by applying the resistance value to the correlation is equal to or higher than a threshold value.

3. The electrically driven vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein when the electrically driven vehicle restarts a system after determining that the abnormality occurred in the temperature sensor and performing a system stop, the control device uses the temperature obtained by applying the resistance value to the correlation, as the reference temperature.

4. The electrically driven vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a cooling device configured to cool down the battery using outside air, wherein
when temperature of intake air of the cooling device is higher than the reference temperature used for the first time, second time, or subsequent time since the occurrence of the abnormality in the temperature sensor, the cooling device uses the temperature of the intake air, as the reference temperature.

5. The electrically driven vehicle according to claim 4 ,
wherein when the reference temperature is used for the second or subsequent time since the occurrence of the abnormality in the temperature sensor, the control device uses the reference temperature used for the first time since the occurrence of the abnormality in the temperature sensor or a previously used reference temperature, as the reference temperature in a case where the temperature obtained by applying the resistance value to the correlation is equal to or higher than a threshold value.

6. The electrically driven vehicle according to claim 4 ,
wherein when the electrically driven vehicle restarts a system after performing an emergency drive in the event of the abnormality occurring in the temperature sensor and performing a system stop, the control device uses the temperature obtained by applying the resistance value to the correlation, as the reference temperature.

7. The electrically driven vehicle according to claim 2 ,
wherein when the electrically driven vehicle restarts a system after performing an emergency drive in the event of the abnormality occurring in the temperature sensor and performing a system stop, the control device uses the temperature obtained by applying the resistance value to the correlation, as the reference temperature.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tashiro Hiroki

Classifications

• H01M10/486

  for measuring temperature · CPC title

• B60L3/0038 Primary

  relating to sensors · CPC title

• B60L2240/545

  Temperature · CPC title

• H01M10/625

  Vehicles · CPC title

• B60L3/00

  Electric devices on electrically-propelled vehicles for safety purposes; Monitoring operating variables, e.g. speed, deceleration or energy consumption (methods or circuit arrangements for monitoring or controlling batteries or fuel cells B60L58/00) · CPC title