IP Library Granted Patent US 8,091,666
Granted Patent B2
US 8,091,666 · App. 12/615,494 · Granted Jan 10, 2012

Electrically powered vehicle, control device for electrically powered vehicle, and computer readable medium

Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
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Patent No.
US 8,091,666
App. No.
12/615,494
Granted
Jan 10, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrically powered vehicle includes: a boost converter that boosts a power supply voltage and outputs a boosted voltage; an inverter that receives the boosted voltage from the boost converter and controls a rotating electric machine for travel; and a control device that performs control to limit the boosted voltage when it is determined that the rotating electric machine is in a locked state and both an accelerator and a brake are not operated to be on.

Claims (18)

1. An electrically powered vehicle comprising:

a boost converter that boosts a power supply voltage and outputs a boosted voltage;

an inverter that receives the boosted voltage from the boost converter and controls a rotating electric machine for travel; and

a control device that performs control to limit the boosted voltage when it is determined that the rotating electric machine is in a locked state and both an accelerator and a brake with a brake pedal are not operated to be on, and which does not perform control to limit the boosted voltage when it is determined that the rotating electric machine is in a locked state and both the accelerator and the brake with the brake pedal are operated to be on.

2. The electrically powered vehicle of claim 1 , further comprising:

an internal combustion engine;

an additional rotating electric machine;

a power distribution mechanism that distributes power produced by the internal combustion engine to the additional rotating electric machine and wheels; and

an additional inverter that receives the boosted voltage from the boost converter and controls the additional rotating electric machine;

wherein the rotating electric machine applies driving force to the wheels.

3. A control device of an electrically powered vehicle including a boost converter that boosts a power supply voltage and outputs a boosted voltage and an inverter that receives the boosted voltage from the boost converter and controls a rotating electric machine for travel, the control device comprising:

an acquisition unit that acquires information indicating a rotating state of the rotating electric machine, information indicating an operating state of an accelerator, and information indicating an operating state of a brake pedal; and

a control unit that performs control, based on the information acquired by the acquisition unit, to limit the boosted voltage when it is determined that the rotating electric machine is in a locked state and both the accelerator and the brake with the brake pedal are not operated to be on, and which does not perform control to limit the boosted voltage when it is determined that the rotating electric machine is in a locked state and both the accelerator and the brake with the brake pedal are operated to be on.

4. The control device of an electrically powered vehicle of claim 3 , further including an internal combustion engine, an additional rotating electric machine, a power distribution mechanism that distributes power of the internal combustion engine to the additional rotating electric machine and wheels, a boost converter that boosts a power supply voltage and outputs a boosted voltage, an additional inverter that receives the boosted voltage from the boost converter and controls the additional rotating electric machine, and wherein the rotating electric machine applies driving force to the wheels.

5. A computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for an electrically powered vehicle including a boost converter that boosts a power supply voltage and outputs a boosted voltage and an inverter that receives the boosted voltage from the boost converter and controls a rotating electric machine for travel, the process comprising:

acquiring information indicating a rotating state of the rotating electric machine, information indicating an operating state of an accelerator, and information indicating an operating state of a brake pedal; and

performing control, based on the information acquired by the acquisition unit, to limit the boosted voltage when it is determined that the rotating electric machine is in a locked state and both the accelerator and the brake with the brake pedal are not operated to be on, and which does not performing control to limit the boosted voltage when it is determined that the rotating electric machine is in a locked state and both the accelerator and the brake with the brake pedal are operated to be on.

6. The computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for an electrically powered vehicle of claim 5 , further including an internal combustion engine, an additional rotating electric machine, a power distribution mechanism that distributes power of the internal combustion engine to the additional rotating electric machine and wheels, an additional inverter that receives the boosted voltage from the boost converter and controls the additional rotating electric machine, and wherein the rotating electric machine applies driving force to the wheels.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2020
From: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA (AKA TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION)
To: DENSO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052280/0207 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 1, 2009
From: NOZAWA, NATSUKI; HAMATANI, TAKASHI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 023583/0671 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2008-288418 · Nov 11, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
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