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Battery control apparatus for hybrid vehicle

  • US 6,232,748 B1
  • Filed: 08/24/2000
  • Issued: 05/15/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/27/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for controlling a battery installed in a hybrid vehicle having a combustion engine for providing a driving force, an electric motor for generating a drive-assist force for assisting the output of the engine, wherein said battery supplies electrical power to the motor, and, when the drive-assist force is not required by the engine, said motor is used as a generator to charged the battery, said apparatus is comprised by:

  • a residual battery charge computation device for computing a level of residual battery charge in the battery;

    a battery temperature measuring device for measuring a temperature of the battery; and

    a charge/discharge controller that operates in such a way that, when a battery temperature measured by the battery temperature measuring device exceeds a threshold temperature, said charge/discharge controller permits only discharging until the residual battery charge is lowered to a level defined by a first specified value.

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