IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
UP-0585669
(2005-07-27)
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등록번호 |
US-7520352
(2009-07-01)
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우선권정보 |
JP-2004-244763(2004-08-25); JP-2005-074874(2005-03-16) |
국제출원번호 |
PCT/JP05/014148
(2005-07-27)
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§371/§102 date |
20060707
(20060707)
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국제공개번호 |
WO06/022125
(2006-03-02)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
- Hoshiba, Takeshi
- Amano, Masaya
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출원인 / 주소 |
- Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
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대리인 / 주소 |
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
4 인용 특허 :
21 |
초록
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In response to a decrease in observed battery voltage Vb to or below a preset threshold value Vs1, the control procedure of the invention closes the gates of an inverter for an air conditioner to stop a supply of electric power to the air conditioner (at a time point t1). In response to a further de
In response to a decrease in observed battery voltage Vb to or below a preset threshold value Vs1, the control procedure of the invention closes the gates of an inverter for an air conditioner to stop a supply of electric power to the air conditioner (at a time point t1). In response to a further decrease in observed battery voltage Vb to or below a preset threshold value Vm1, the control procedure closes the gates of inverters for motors MG1 and MG2 to stop supplies of electric power to the motors MG1 and MG2 (at a time point t2). The threshold values Vs1 and Vm1 are set to keep the battery voltage Vb at or above a minimum required voltage for proper operations of an electric power steering (EPS). This arrangement guarantees the minimum required voltage for proper operations of the EPS and accordingly ensures the stable steering performance even in the event of a voltage decrease of the battery.
대표청구항
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The invention claimed is: 1. An electric vehicle that is driven with output power of a motor, said electric vehicle comprising: an accumulator unit that transmits electric power to and from the motor; an auxiliary machine that is actuated with a supply of electric power from the accumulator unit; a
The invention claimed is: 1. An electric vehicle that is driven with output power of a motor, said electric vehicle comprising: an accumulator unit that transmits electric power to and from the motor; an auxiliary machine that is actuated with a supply of electric power from the accumulator unit; a steering assist structure that is driven with a supply of electric power from the accumulator unit and outputs a steering torque to a steering mechanism; a voltage measurement module that measures a voltage of the accumulator unit; and a control module that, when the voltage measured by said voltage measurement module decreases to or below a preset first level, stops the supplies of electric power from the accumulator unit to the auxiliary machine and to motor, wherein said control module stops the supply of electric power from the accumulator unit to the steering assist structure when the measured voltage decreases to a preset other level that is lower than the preset first level. 2. An electric vehicle in accordance with claim 1, wherein the preset first level is higher than a minimum drive voltage required for proper operation of the steering assist structure. 3. An electric vehicle in accordance with claim 1, wherein said control module, in response to a decrease in measured voltage to or below the preset first level, stops the supply of electric power to the auxiliary machine prior to the stop of the supply of electric power to the motor. 4. An electric vehicle in accordance with claim 3, wherein said control module stops the supply of electric power to the auxiliary machine in response to the decrease in measured voltage to or below the preset first level, and stops the supply of electric power to the motor in response to a further decrease in measured voltage to or below a preset second level that is lower than the preset first level. 5. An electric vehicle in accordance with claim 1, wherein said control module, in response to the decrease in measured voltage to the preset other level, gradually decreases the steering torque output from the steering assist structure to the steering mechanism, prior to the stop of the supply of electric power to the steering assist structure. 6. An electric vehicle in accordance with claim 5, wherein said control module implements the gradual decrease in steering torque in a predetermined time period, prior to the stop of the supply of electric power to the steering assist structure. 7. An electric vehicle in accordance with claim 1, wherein the auxiliary machine is an air conditioner. 8. An electric vehicle in accordance with claim 1, said electric vehicle further comprising: an internal combustion engine; and an electric power-mechanical power input output structure that is connected to an output shaft of the internal combustion engine and to a drive shaft linked with an axle of said electric vehicle and outputs at least part of output power of the internal combustion engine to the drive shaft through input and output of electric power and mechanical power, wherein the motor is connected with the drive shaft to input and output power from and to the drive shaft. 9. An electric vehicle in accordance with claim 8, wherein, the electric power-mechanical power input output structure comprises: a three shaft-type power input output mechanism that is linked to three shafts, that is, the output shaft of the internal combustion engine, the drive shaft, and a third rotating shaft, and automatically determines power input from and output to a residual one shaft based on powers input from and output to any two shafts among the three shafts; and a generator that inputs and outputs power from and to the third rotating shaft, and said control module stops a supply of electric power to the generator accompanied with the stop of the supply of electric power to the motor. 10. A control method of an electric vehicle that is driven with output power of a motor, said electric vehicle comprising: the motor; an accumulator unit that transmits electric power to and from the motor; an auxiliary machine that is actuated with a supply of electric power from the accumulator unit; and a steering assist structure that is driven with a supply of electric power from the accumulator unit and outputs a steering torque to a steering mechanism, said control method comprising the steps of: (a) measuring a voltage of the accumulator unit; (b) stopping the supplies of electric power from the accumulator unit to the auxiliary machine and to the motor when the voltage of the accumulator unit measured in said step (a) decreases to or below a preset first level; and (c) gradually decreasing, in response to the decrease in measured voltage to a preset other level that is lower than the preset first level, the steering torque output from the steering assist structure to the steering mechanism, prior to the stop of the supply of electric power to the steering assist structure. 11. A control method of an electric vehicle in accordance with claim 10, wherein said step (b), in response to a decrease in measured voltage to or below the preset first level, stops the supply of electric power to the auxiliary machine prior to the stop of the supply of electric power to the motor. 12. A control method of an electric vehicle in accordance with claim 11, wherein said step (b) stops the supply of electric power to the auxiliary machine in response to the decrease in measured voltage to or below the preset first level, and stops the supply of electric power to the motor in response to a further decrease in measured voltage to or below a preset second level that is lower than the preset first level.
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