Vehicle power source

Inventor: Takahiro Kinoshita (Tokyo, JP)

Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION

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Patent No.: US 10,377,246
App. No.: 15/358,314
Granted: Aug 13, 2019
Kind: B2

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Abstract

A vehicle power source includes a generator, a power storage, a vehicle body equipment group, a current consumption estimating unit, a charge and discharge current setting unit, a generated current setting unit, and a generated current controller. The current consumption estimating unit estimates current consumption of the vehicle body equipment group, on a basis of a generated current of the generator and a charge and discharge current of the power storage. The charge and discharge current setting unit sets a target charge and discharge current of the power storage, on a basis of a state of charge of the power storage. The generated current setting unit sets a target generated current of the generator, on a basis of the current consumption and the target charge and discharge current. The generated current controller controls the generated current, on a basis of the target generated current.

Claims (44)

1. A vehicle power source mounted on a vehicle, the vehicle power source comprising:

a generator coupled to an engine;

a power storage coupled to the generator;

a vehicle body equipment group coupled, in parallel with the power storage, to the generator;

a current consumption estimating unit that estimates current consumption of the vehicle body equipment group, on a basis of a generated current of the generator and a charge and discharge current of the power storage;

a charge and discharge current setting unit that sets a target charge and discharge current of the power storage, on a basis of a state of charge of the power storage;

a generated current setting unit that sets a target generated current of the generator, on a basis of the current consumption of the vehicle body equipment group and the target charge and discharge current of the power storage; and

a generated current controller that controls the generated current of the generator, on a basis of the target generated current of the generator.

2. The vehicle power source according to claim 1 , wherein

the charge and discharge current setting unit sets the target charge and discharge current of the power storage on discharge side, when the state of charge of the power storage is higher than a first threshold, and

the charge and discharge current setting unit sets the target charge and discharge current of the power storage on charge side, when the state of charge of the power storage is lower than a second threshold that is smaller than the first threshold.

3. The vehicle power source according to claim 2 , wherein

the charge and discharge current setting unit sets the target charge and discharge current of the power storage to the current consumption of the vehicle body equipment group, to set the target charge and discharge current on the discharge side, when the state of charge of the power storage is higher than the first threshold,

the charge and discharge current setting unit sets the target charge and discharge current of the power storage to a first current value, to set the target charge and discharge current on the charge side, when the state of charge of the power storage is lower than the second threshold that is smaller than the first threshold, and

the charge and discharge current setting unit sets the target charge and discharge current of the power storage to a second current value, when the state of charge of the power storage is lower than the first threshold and higher than the second threshold, an absolute value of the second current value being smaller than an absolute value of the first current value.

4. The vehicle power source according to claim 3 , wherein

the second current value is zero.

5. The vehicle power source according to claim 2 , wherein

the generated current controller suspends power generation of the generator, when the state of charge of the power storage is higher than the first threshold.

6. The vehicle power source according to claim 3 , wherein

the generated current controller suspends power generation of the generator, when the state of charge of the power storage is higher than the first threshold.

7. The vehicle power source according to claim 4 , wherein

the generated current controller suspends power generation of the generator, when the state of charge of the power storage is higher than the first threshold.

8. The vehicle power source according to claim 1 , wherein