VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME

• Main Authors: KURIHARA FUMIYOSHI, OKAJIMA DAISUKE, HORI TAKAHARU
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 15.03.2018
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS INVEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OFTRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GASEXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS, IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTINGELECTRIC POWER; CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE ORDIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT OR PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLEDVEHICLES; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES, IN GENERAL; GENERATION; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TOTHE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve safety of a vehicle on which a power storage device capable of being charged with electric power from an outside charging device is mounted.SOLUTION: A control device of a vehicle includes an electric motor outputting power for travelling, a power storage device supplying electric power to the electric motor, a main relay mounted between the electric motor and the power storage device, a power-receiving connector connectable with a power-supply connector of an outside charging device and a charging relay connected to the power-receiving connector and also connected to the storage device via the main relay, and determines whether or not electric power from the outside charging device is supplied to the power-receiving connector during the charging device is charged with the power from the outside charging device in a state where the main relay and the charging relay are closed, and opens the main relay when determining the power from the outside charging device is not supplied to the power-receiving connector.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】外部充電装置からの電力により充電可能な蓄電装置を搭載した車両の安全性をより向上させる。【解決手段】走行用の動力を出力する電動機と、電動機に電力を供給する蓄電装置と、電動機と蓄電装置との間に設けられたメインリレーと、外部充電装置の給電コネクタと結合可能な受電コネクタと、受電コネクタに接続されると共にメインリレーを介して蓄電装置に接続される充電リレーとを含む車両の制御装置は、メインリレーおよび充電リレーが閉成された状態で外部充電装置からの電力により蓄電装置が充電される間に、受電コネクタに外部充電装置からの電力が供給されているか否かを判定し、受電コネクタに外部充電装置からの電力が供給されていないと判定した際に、メインリレーを開成させる。【選択図】図１