IP Library Granted Patent US 12709162
Granted Patent B2
US 12709162 · App. 18/971,435 · Granted Aug 18, 2026

Control system for electrified vehicle

Inventors: Satoshi Yasuda (Nagakute, JP); Taro Shimosaka (Seto, JP)
Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA; DENSO CORPORATION
B60L15/20B60L3/0084B60R16/0231B60L2240/423B60L2260/26
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12709162
App. No.
18/971,435
Granted
Aug 18, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control system in the present specification includes: an electric power control device; a first control device; and a second control device. The second control device includes a processor and a logic circuit. In a case where a limp home mode is executed, the first control device outputs a second command value to the logic circuit. The logic circuit includes a first circuit structure, a second circuit structure, a third circuit structure that receives a driving signal resulting from conversion by the first circuit structure and a limp home driving signal resulting from conversion by the second circuit structure, and alternatively outputs one of them, and a fourth circuit structure that receives the output made by the third circuit structure and a cutoff command for the electric power control device, and cuts off the output made by the third circuit structure while receiving the cutoff command.

Claims (16)

1 . A control system for an electrified vehicle, the control system comprising:

an electric power control device that adjusts electric power to be supplied to a motor of the electrified vehicle;

a first control device that outputs a first command value indicating a target output of the motor; and

a second control device configured to be communicable with the first control device, the second control device outputting a driving signal to the electric power control device based on the first command value output from the first control device, wherein

the second control device includes

a processor configured to be communicable with the first control device, the processor programmatically processing the first command value output from the first control device, the processor outputting an operation command value for the motor, and

a logic circuit including a first circuit structure that converts the operation command value output from the processor to the driving signal,

in a case where a limp home mode that causes the electrified vehicle to limp home is executed, the first control device outputs a second command value based on the limp home mode to the logic circuit instead of the first command value, and

the logic circuit further includes

a second circuit structure that converts the second command value output from the first control device to a limp home driving signal,

a third circuit structure that receives the driving signal resulting from the conversion by the first circuit structure and the limp home driving signal resulting from the conversion by the second circuit structure, and alternatively outputs one of the driving signals, and

a fourth circuit structure that receives the output made by the third circuit structure and a cutoff command for the electric power control device, and cuts off the output made by the third circuit structure while receiving the cutoff command.

2 . The control system according to claim 1 , wherein the cutoff command is output from the first control device to the logic circuit.

3 . The control system according to claim 1 , wherein, in a case where the electrified vehicle is powered on, the first control device executes processing of confirming health of the fourth circuit structure by outputting the first command value or the second command value to the second control device and outputting the cutoff command to the logic circuit, and confirming that the output made by the third circuit structure is cut off.

4 . The control system according to claim 1 , wherein, in a case where the first control device detects a fault in the processor, the first control device executes the limp home mode.

5 . The control system according to claim 1 , wherein, in a case where the electrified vehicle is powered on and a fault in the processor is detected, the first control device executes processing of confirming health of the fourth circuit structure by outputting the second command value to the logic circuit and outputting the cutoff command to the logic circuit, and confirming that the output made by the third circuit structure is cut off.