IP Library Granted Patent US 10,099,563
Granted Patent B2
US 10,099,563 · App. 15/103,532 · Granted Oct 16, 2018

Power supply device for vehicle and method for controlling the same

Inventors: Suguru Kumazawa (Toyota, JP); Hideki Kamatani (Nagoya, JP); Ryoji Sato (Toyohashi, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Patent No.
US 10,099,563
App. No.
15/103,532
Granted
Oct 16, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a power supply device for a vehicle provided with a battery, a converter, and a controller, and a method for controlling the same. The controller controls the converter in a continuous boost mode in which the converter is continuously operated and an intermittent boost mode in which the converter is intermittently operated. The controller does not control the converter in the intermittent boost mode when a control that adjusts a reference point of a resolver of a motor generator is underway.

Claims (16)

1. A power supply device for a vehicle, the power supply device comprising:

an electric power storage device;

a boost converter configured to boost voltage of the electric power storage device, the boost converter being configured to supply the boosted voltage to an electric load of the vehicle; and

a controller configured to control the boost converter in a continuous boost mode and an intermittent boost mode, the controller being configured to continuously operate the boost converter in the continuous boost mode, the controller being configured to intermittently operate the boost converter in the intermittent boost mode, and when a control that adjusts a reference point of a rotation position sensor of a motor is underway, the controller being configured not to control the boost converter in the intermittent boost mode and being configured to control the boost converter in the continuous boost mode.

2. The power supply device according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller is configured to control the boost converter in the intermittent boost mode when the control that adjusts the reference point of the rotation position sensor of the motor is not underway.

3. The power supply device for according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller is configured to perform the control that adjusts the reference point of the rotation position sensor of the motor during an initial operation of the motor.

4. A method for controlling a power supply device for a vehicle, the vehicle including:

a motor;

a rotation position sensor configured to detect a rotation position of the motor;

an electric power storage device; and

a boost converter configured to boost voltage of the electric power storage device and configured to supply the boosted voltage to an electric load of the vehicle,

the method comprising:

controlling the boost converter in a continuous boost mode and an intermittent boost mode, the boost converter being continuously operated in the continuous boost mode and the boost converter being intermittently operated in the intermittent boost mode, and when a control that adjusts a reference point of the rotation position sensor of the motor is underway,

not controlling the boost converter in the intermittent boost mode, and controlling the boost converter in the continuous boost mode.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2020
From: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: DENSO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052281/0019 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 1, 2016
From: KUMAZAWA, SUGURU; KAMATANI, HIDEKI; SATO, RYOJI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 039306/0771 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-257036 · Dec 12, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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