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Granted Patent B2
US 10,181,808 · App. 15/248,162 · Granted Jan 15, 2019

Vehicle

Inventors: Kojiro Asakawa (Toyota, JP); Kazuhito Hayashi (Toyota, JP); Daigo Nobe (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
H02P6/04B60L11/123B60L15/02B60L2240/421B60L2240/423B60L2240/441B60L2240/443B60L2240/545B60L2240/547Y02T10/6217Y02T10/644Y02T10/645Y02T10/7077
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Patent No.
US 10,181,808
App. No.
15/248,162
Granted
Jan 15, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

When an electrical primary frequency of power fluctuation of a motor is smaller than a determination threshold value fth 1 that is a lower limit frequency of a frequency band where resonance occurs in a circuit including a reactor and a capacitor of a boosting converter or greater than a determination threshold value that is an upper limit frequency of the frequency band where resonance occurs, a value G 2 is set as a gain G and when the electrical primary frequency is equal to or greater than the determination threshold value fth 1 and equal to or smaller than the determination threshold value, a value G 3 at which the upper limit frequency of the resonant frequency band has a low frequency than the determination threshold value fth 1 is set as the gain G, and a current control in the boosting converter is executed using the gain G set in this way. The resonance of the circuit including the reactor and the capacitor of the boosting converter can be prevented.

Claims (23)

1. A vehicle comprising:

a motor;

an inverter for driving the motor;

a battery;

a boosting converter including a reactor and a capacitor and being connected to a first power line to which the inverter is connected and a second power line to which the battery is connected; and

a controller that sets a target current of the reactor such that a voltage of the first power line becomes a target voltage and executes a current control in which the boosting converter is controlled using a gain such that a reactor current flowing to the reactor becomes the target current,

wherein the controller sets the gain such that a frequency of power fluctuation of the motor based on a rotational speed of the motor becomes a frequency outside of a resonant frequency band where resonance occurs in a circuit including the reactor and the capacitor of the boosting converter when the current control is executed.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein the controller controls the inverter in a plurality of control modes including a rectangular wave control mode such that a torque is output from the motor, and sets the gain such that the frequency of power fluctuation of the motor falls out of the resonant frequency band when the control mode is the rectangular wave control mode.

3. The vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein the resonant frequency band is set using a carrier frequency for controlling the boosting converter.

4. The vehicle according to claim 3 ,

wherein the controller sets the gain to a first value such that the frequency becomes a frequency outside of the resonant frequency band when the frequency of power fluctuation of the motor is within the resonant frequency band, and

sets the gain to a second value different from the first value such that the frequency is kept out of the resonant frequency band when the frequency of power fluctuation of the motor is out of the resonant frequency band.

5. A vehicle comprising:

a motor;

an inverter for driving the motor;

a battery;

a boosting converter including a reactor and a capacitor and being connected to a first power line to which the inverter is connected and a second power line to which the battery is connected; and

a controller that sets a target current of the reactor such that a voltage of the first power line becomes a target voltage and executes a current control in which the boosting converter is controlled using a gain such that a reactor current flowing to the reactor becomes the target current,

wherein the controller stops the current control to execute a voltage control in which the boosting converter is controlled such that a voltage of the first power line becomes a target voltage, when a frequency of power fluctuation of the motor based on a rotational speed of the motor is in a resonant frequency band where resonance occurs in a circuit including the reactor and the capacitor of the boosting converter when the current control is executed.

6. The vehicle according to claim 5 ,

wherein the controller controls the inverter in a plurality of control modes including a rectangular wave control mode such that a torque is output from the motor, and stops the current control to execute the voltage control when the control mode is the rectangular wave control mode and the frequency of power fluctuation of the motor is in the resonant frequency band.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2020
From: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: DENSO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052286/0390 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 26, 2016
From: ASAKAWA, KOJIRO; HAYASHI, KAZUHITO; NOBE, DAIGO
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 039552/0455 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-174908 · Sep 4, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170066332A1 · Mar 9, 2017