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Granted Patent B2
US 11,441,528 · App. 16/573,306 · Granted Sep 13, 2022

Vehicle and portable device

Inventors: Yuya Ando (Toyota, JP); Takeaki Suzuki (Toyota, JP); Shinsuke Iwasaki (Toyota, JP); Miki Sugita (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
F02N11/0866B60L53/18B60R25/01B60R25/403B60W10/26
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Patent No.
US 11,441,528
App. No.
16/573,306
Granted
Sep 13, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle includes an electric power reception unit that is configured to receive electric power that is required to activate a system of the vehicle, from a portable device that is portable, the portable device including an electrical storage device provided therein, and the portable device being configured to carry out at least one of authentication of a user of the vehicle and issuance of a command to activate the system.

Claims (17)

1. A vehicle comprising:

an electric power reception unit that is configured to receive electric power that is required to turn on an electric power supply relay, from a portable device that is portable, the portable device including an electrical storage device provided therein, and the portable device being configured to carry out authentication of a user of the vehicle and issuance of a command to activate a system of the vehicle,

wherein the electric power reception unit includes an exterior insertion portion which is provided outside a vehicle cabin and into which the portable device is inserted, an interior insertion portion which is provided inside the vehicle cabin and into which the portable device is inserted, a placement portion which is provided inside the vehicle cabin at a portion between a driver seat and a passenger seat and onto which the portable device is placed, and a non-contact electric power reception portion that is configured to receive the electric power from the portable device in a non-contact manner.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the electric power reception unit is configured to receive the electric power from the portable device and feed the electric power to the portable device.

3. The vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an electric power feed unit that is configured to feed the electric power to the portable device.

4. The vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an in-vehicle electrical storage device;

an activation unit that is configured to activate the system; and

a relay that connects and disconnects the in-vehicle electrical storage device and the activation unit to and from each other by being turned on and off, wherein

the electric power reception unit is configured to receive, from the portable device, the electric power for turning on the relay.

5. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the non-contact electric power reception portion is provided adjacent to a door handle on the outside of the vehicle.

6. The vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an in-vehicle electrical storage device; and

an electric control unit configured to activate the system of the vehicle,

wherein the electric power supply is configured to connect the in-vehicle electrical storage device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 17, 2019
From: ANDO, YUYA; SUZUKI, TAKEAKI; IWASAKI, SHINSUKE; SUGITA, MIKI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 050402/0931 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-202516 · Oct 29, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200132034A1 · Apr 30, 2020
Cited By (1)
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