VEHICLE

• Main Authors: NISHIKAWA, Takahiro, KAJIWARA, Kenichi, OBA, Tatsuhiro
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 28.01.2019
• Subjects: BLASTING; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTINGELECTRIC POWER; COMBUSTION ENGINES; CONTROL OR REGULATION OF ELECTRIC MOTORS, ELECTRIC GENERATORSOR DYNAMO-ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES; CONTROLLING TRANSFORMERS, REACTORS OR CHOKE COILS; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT OR PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLEDVEHICLES; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES, IN GENERAL; GENERATION; HEATING; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS; LIGHTING; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR; WEAPONS

A vehicle includes: an engine; a permanent magnet type generator; a battery; a power consuming apparatus; an inverter arranged between the permanent magnet type generator and the battery, the inverter including a plurality of switching parts that control a current outputted from a permanent magnet type rotary electric machine to the battery and the power consuming apparatus; and a control device that selectively adopts a plurality of types of load controls that are different from one another in terms of power generation efficiencies of the permanent magnet type rotary electric machine, and controls the switching parts of the inverter based on the selected load control. The amount of power generated by the permanent magnet type rotary electric machine in a time period during which a highest power generation efficiency load control is applied is greater than power consumed by the power consuming apparatus. The amount of power generated by the permanent magnet type rotary electric machine in a time period during which a lowest power generation efficiency load control is applied is equal to or less than power consumed by the power consuming apparatus.