IP Library Granted Patent US 12679247
Granted Patent B2
US 12679247 · App. 18/820,630 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Vehicle

Inventors: Ippei Takesue (Nisshin, JP); Takahiro Misawa (Okazaki, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60L58/26B60H1/00278B60H1/3208
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Patent No.
US 12679247
App. No.
18/820,630
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The vehicle includes a power storage device, a cooling device, and a control device. The cooling device cools the power storage device together with driving of an electric compressor connected to the power line together with the power storage device. The control device transmits the required power to the external power supply device at the time of the external charging for charging the power storage device via the power line using the power from the external power supply device outside the vehicle. During the operation of the cooling device during the external charging, the control device transmits, to the external power supply device, power that is lower than the sum of the allowable input power of the power storage device and the power consumption of the electric compressor by a margin as the required power.

Claims (27)

1 . A vehicle comprising:

a power storage device;

a cooling device configured to cool the power storage device by driving an electric compressor connected to a power line together with the power storage device; and

a control device configured to

determine whether to start an operation of the cooling device during external charging for charging the power storage device via the power line with electric power from an external power supply device provided outside the vehicle,

set a value of requested power based on a response delay period of the external power supply device in response to a determination to start the operation of the cooling device,

the response delay period being a time period from a timing when the set value is transmitted to the external power supply device until the external power supply device outputs the requested power at the set value,

the value of the requested power being set lower by a margin than a sum of an upper limit value of input power of the power storage device and a value of electric power to be consumed by the electric compressor, and

the margin being set larger when the response delay period is a first time period than when the response delay period is a second time period that is shorter than the first time period, and

transmit the set value to the external power supply device.

2 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the control device is configured to, in a case where a stop condition for the electric compressor is satisfied while the cooling device is operating during the external charging,

update the value of the requested power to the upper limit value of the input power of the power storage device, and

stop the electric compressor after the response delay period of the external power supply device elapses from the update of the value of the requested power.

3 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the control device is configured to, in a case where a predicted decrease amount of the electric power to be consumed by the electric compressor reaches a threshold value or more while the cooling device is operating during the external charging, reduce the electric power to be consumed by the electric compressor by the predicted decrease amount after the response delay period of the external power supply device elapses from a reduction of the requested power by the predicted decrease amount.

4 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the control device is further configured to set the value of the requested power to the upper limit value of the input power of the power storage device, in response to a determination not to start the operation of the cooling device.

5 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the control device is further configured to

receive information indicating the response delay period from the external power supply device, and

set the margin based on the received response delay period.

6 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the control device is further configured to

transmit a test command to the external power supply device,

after transmitting the test command, detect an input and output power of the power storage device and an output power of the external power supply device,

calculate the response delay period based on the test command, the detected input and output power of the power storage device, and the detected output power of the external power supply device, and

set the margin based on the calculated response delay period.

7 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the control device is configured to, in a case where a charging end condition is satisfied while the cooling device is operating,

update the value of the requested power to zero, and

stop the cooling device after the response delay period elapses from the update of the value of the requested power.

8 . The vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein the charging end condition is that a state of charge of the power storage device reaches a predetermined threshold.