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US 8,648,574 · App. 13/096,538 · Granted Feb 11, 2014

Output control device for hybrid engine-driven power generator

Inventors: Masanori Ueno (Saitama, JP); Makoto Ogawa (Saitama, JP)
Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,648,574
App. No.
13/096,538
Granted
Feb 11, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A power generator has a battery and an alternator driven by an engine. The battery assists a power energy of the alternator. An inverter circuit is connected to an output of a rectifying circuit. A DC/DC converter boosts a voltage of the battery and inputs the boosted voltage into a constant power regulator. The constant power regulator boosts an input voltage and secures a certain power. An output voltage of the rectifying circuit is monitored by a monitoring means and an output voltage of the battery is monitored by a monitoring means. When the output voltage of the rectifying circuit is equal to or less than a rated voltage, an auxiliary power value corresponding to the remaining amount of the battery is set as a power target value of the constant power regulator.

Claims (9)

1. An output control device for a hybrid engine-driven power generator which has a battery and an alternator driven by an engine, and assists a power energy of the alternator by an output power of the battery, comprising:

an inverter circuit connected to an output side of a rectifying circuit for rectifying an output of the alternator;

a DC/DC converter connected to the battery; and

a constant power regulator provided between the DC/DC converter and an input side of the inverter circuit, wherein the constant power regulator is configured to control a voltage input from the DC/DC converter such that the output of the constant power regulator is converged on a predetermined target power value and supplies a constant power to the inverter circuit.

2. The output control device for a hybrid engine-driven power generator according to claim 1 , further comprising:

means for monitoring an output voltage of the rectifying circuit;

means for monitoring an output voltage of the battery; and

means for, when the output voltage of the rectifying circuit is equal to or less than a rated voltage, driving the DC/DC converter to start outputting an auxiliary power, and determining an auxiliary power value corresponding to a remaining amount of the battery,

wherein the determined auxiliary power value is set as a power target value of the constant power regulator.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 3, 2011
From: UENO, MASANORI; OGAWA, MAKOTO
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2010-106350 · May 6, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110273148A1 · Nov 10, 2011