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Granted Patent B2
US 9,079,501 · App. 13/595,661 · Granted Jul 14, 2015

Vehicle driving device, vehicle charging system, and automobile

Inventors: Kenji Komiya (Osaka, JP); Akihide Shibata (Osaka, JP); Masaru Nomura (Osaka, JP); Yoshiji Ohta (Osaka, JP); Hiroshi Iwata (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Patent No.
US 9,079,501
App. No.
13/595,661
Granted
Jul 14, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle driving device is arranged such that in accordance with an instruction signal from the outside, a first battery managing section outputs, to the outside, a signal related to charging/discharging control for a first battery.

Claims (29)

1. A vehicle charging system comprising:

a vehicle driving device; and

a vehicle charging device including:

a second battery managing section for managing an amount of electric power stored in a second battery that stores electric power supplied from outside the vehicle charging system; and

a second control section for providing an instruction to the second battery managing section,

the second control section, while the first control section is not in operation, controlling the first battery managing section and the second battery managing section in order to transmit electric power from the second battery to the first battery,

wherein the vehicle charging device further includes a solar photovoltaic power generating device for generating electric power, the solar photovoltaic power generating device being connected to the second battery managing section; and

the electric power generated by the solar photovoltaic power generating device is first stored in the second battery and then transmitted from the second battery to the first battery.

2. A vehicle charging system comprising:

a vehicle driving device; and

a vehicle charging device including:

a second battery managing section for managing an amount of electric power stored in a second battery that stores electric power supplied from outside the vehicle charging system,

the first battery managing section and the second battery managing section, while the first control section is not in operation, coordinating with each other in order to transmit electric power from the second battery to the first battery,

wherein the vehicle charging device further includes a solar photovoltaic power generating device for generating electric power, the solar photovoltaic power generating device being connected to the second battery managing section; and

the electric power generated by the solar photovoltaic power generating device is first stored in the second battery and then transmitted from the second battery to the first battery.

3. The vehicle charging system according to claim 1 ,

wherein:

electric power is transmitted bidirectionally (i) from the second battery to the first battery and (ii) from the first battery to the second battery.

4. The vehicle charging system according to claim 2 ,

wherein:

electric power is transmitted bidirectionally (i) from the second battery to the first battery and (ii) from the first battery to the second battery.

5. The vehicle charging system according to claim 1 ,

wherein:

the solar photovoltaic power generating device includes a plurality of solar photovoltaic power generating elements; and

the plurality of solar photovoltaic power generating elements are connected to one another in a series-parallel pattern.

6. The vehicle charging system according to claim 2 ,

wherein:

the solar photovoltaic power generating device includes a plurality of solar photovoltaic power generating elements; and

the plurality of solar photovoltaic power generating elements are connected to one another in a series-parallel pattern.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 28, 2012
From: KOMIYA, KENJI; SHIBATA, AKIHIDE; NOMURA, MASARU; OHTA, YOSHIJI; IWATA, HIROSHI
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 028860/0971 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2011-186112 · Aug 29, 2011 · national
JP 2012-062566 · Mar 19, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130054069A1 · Feb 28, 2013