Automobile equipped with drive motor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9876460-B2
Application number	US-201715441584-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 24, 2017
Priority date	Mar 2, 2016
Publication date	Jan 23, 2018
Grant date	Jan 23, 2018

Abstract

In an automobile equipped with a drive motor, a positive value is set to a distribution factor during EV driving in a first CD mode. During EV driving in a second CD mode (a mode in which driving performance is limited as compared to the first CD mode), a value 0 is set to the distribution factor. First and second boosting converters are controlled such that an electric current (discharge power from the second battery) of a reactor of a second boosting converter when the distribution factor is small becomes smaller as compared to that when the distribution factor is large.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An automobile equipped with a drive motor, comprising:
a first battery;
a second battery configured to have a rated capacity smaller than a rated capacity of the first battery;
a first boosting converter configured to supply a power from the first battery to the motor with boosting of a voltage inputted to the first boosting converter;
a second boosting converter configured to supply a power from the second battery to the motor with boosting of a voltage inputted to the second boosting converter;
an electronic control unit configured to
(i) set an execution mode from a plurality of modes including a first mode and a second mode and control the motor on the basis of the execution mode, the first mode being a mode in which the motor is driven in a range having a first output as an upper limit and the second mode being a mode in which the motor is driven in a range having a second output smaller than the first output as an upper limit,
(ii) control the first boosting converter and the second boosting converter according to the execution mode, and
(iii) control the first boosting converter and the second boosting converter such that a distribution factor when the execution mode is the second mode becomes smaller than a distribution factor when the execution mode is the first mode, the distribution factor being a ratio of a discharge power of the second battery to a total discharge power of the first battery and the second battery, wherein the electronic control unit is configured to perform control such that the distribution factor when the execution mode is the first mode becomes a predetermined value and such that the distribution factor when the execution mode is the second mode becomes larger than a value 0 and becomes a value smaller than the predetermined value.

2. The automobile according to claim 1 , wherein
the electronic control unit is configured to stop driving of the second boosting converter when the execution mode is the second mode.

3. The automobile according to claim 1 , wherein
the electronic control unit is configured to:
(i) set the first output to a sum of an allowable discharge power of the first battery and an allowable discharge power of the second battery, and
(ii) set the second output to the allowable discharge power of the first battery.

4. The automobile according to claim 1 , wherein
the electronic control unit is configured to:
(i) set an allowable discharge power of the second battery when a temperature of the second battery is higher than an allowable temperature range so as to be lower than the allowable discharge power when the temperature of the second battery is within the allowable temperature range, and
(ii) set the allowable discharge power of the second battery when a state of charge of the second battery is smaller than an allowable ratio range so as to be smaller than the allowable discharge power when the state of charge of the second battery is within the allowable ratio range.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yamamoto Masaya

Classifications

• H02J2105/37

  exchanging power with electric vehicles [EV] or with hybrid electric vehicles [HEV] · CPC title

• H02J7/855

  with circuits adapted for supplying loads from the battery · CPC title

• H02J7/585

  Sequential battery discharge in systems with a plurality of batteries · CPC title

• H02J7/575

  Parallel/serial switching of connection of batteries to charge or load circuit · CPC title

• B60W2510/244

  Charge state · CPC title