IP Library Granted Patent US 8,866,333
Granted Patent B2
US 8,866,333 · App. 13/164,568 · Granted Oct 21, 2014

Power control system and vehicle power control device

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Patent No.
US 8,866,333
App. No.
13/164,568
Granted
Oct 21, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A power control system includes a vehicle having a first battery and a second battery separate from the first battery; a power converter provided at a building, the power converter converting power charged in the first battery and supplying the converted power to electrical equipment; a first connection line connecting the first battery and the power converter and supplying the power from the first battery to the power converter; and a second connection line connecting the second battery and the power converter and supplying control power to activate the power converter from the second battery to the power converter.

Claims (29)

1. A power control system comprising:

a vehicle comprising a first battery and a second battery separate from the first battery;

a power converter provided at a building, the power converter converting power charged in the first battery and supplying the converted power to electrical equipment;

a first connection line connecting the first battery and the power converter and supplying the power from the first battery to the power converter; and

a second connection line connecting the second battery and the power converter and supplying control power to activate the power converter from the second battery to the power converter.

2. The power control system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a first controller controlling electrical energy converted by the power converter, wherein

the second connection line connects the second battery and the first controller and supplies control power to activate the first controller from the second battery to the first controller.

3. The power control system according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a second controller provided in the vehicle, the second controller monitoring a state of charge of the first battery; and

a communication line connecting the second controller and the first controller and transferring information on the state of charge, wherein

the first controller controls the electrical energy based on the information on the state of charge transferred through the communication line.

4. The power control system according to claim 3 , further comprising:

a third connection line connecting the second controller and the second battery and supplying control power to activate the second controller from the second battery to the second controller;

a relay provided on the third connection line; and

a start switch switching a state of connection of the relay, wherein

the second connection line is branched from a downstream side of the relay on the third connection line.

5. The power control system according to claim 4 , wherein the start switch is provided in the vehicle.

6. The power control system according to claim 4 , wherein the start switch is provided at the building, and the power control system further comprises:

a fourth connection line connecting the start switch and the relay.

7. The power control system according to claim 6 , further comprising:

an activating switch provided in the vehicle, the activating switch that is turned on the relay if the start switch is turned on; and

a holding switch provided in the vehicle and controlled by the second controller, the holding switch keeping the connection of the relay.

8. The power control system according to claim 1 , wherein the first connection line and the second connection line are integrated in a single cable.

9. A vehicle power control device controlling a power converter provided at a building and supplying power from a vehicle to electrical equipment, the vehicle power control device comprising:

a first battery provided in the vehicle;

a second battery separate from the first battery;

a first connection line connecting the first battery and the power converter and supplying the power from the first battery to the power converter; and

a second connection line connecting the second battery and the power converter and supplying control power to activate the power converter from the second battery to the power converter.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Mar 1, 2021
From: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 055472/0944 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2011
From: KAMACHI, MAKOTO
To: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 026585/0611 →