VEHICLE AND PORTABLE DEVICE

• US 20200132034A1
• Filed: 09/17/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: ANDO, Yuya, SUZUKI, Takeaki, IWASAKI, Shinsuke, SUGITA, Miki
• Granted Patent: US 11,441,528 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/18 Cables specially adapted for charging electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/01 operating on vehicle systems or fittings, e.g. on doors, seats or windscreens
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/40 Features of the power supply for the anti-theft system, e.g. anti-theft batteries, back-up power supply or means to save battery power
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/403 Power supply in the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/26 for electrical energy, e.g. batteries or capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: F02N 11/0866 comprising several power sources, e.g. battery and capacitor or two batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/7072 Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/14 Plug-in electric vehicles

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

1. A vehicle comprising:

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.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein

the electric power reception unit includes at least one of 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 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. A portable device comprising:

an electrical storage device, wherein;

the portable device is portable, and is configured to carry out at least one of authentication of a user of a vehicle and issuance of a command to activate a system of the vehicle; and

the portable device is configured to feed electric power to the vehicle including an electric power reception unit that is configured to receive the electric power that is required to activate the system of the vehicle.