Title:
INDUCTION HEATING SYSTEM FOR MOTOR-DRIVEN VEHICLE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2009225603
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To provide an induction heating system for a vehicle, capable of executing induction heating, without having to provide a dedicated converter for induction heating.
The vehicle VC has an AC motor 1 for driving the vehicle, a power storage device 10 for storing power to be supplied to the AC motor 1, and a converter 11 for converting the DC current from the power storage device 10 into AC current and supplying the converted current to the AC motor 1. Coils C1-C3 for induction heating are connected between the converter 11 and the AC motor 1. The coils C1-C3 for induction heating enables induction-heating of, e.g. a heater core HC or an exhaustion gas purifying catalyst as members to be heated.
Inventors:
SATO TAKAYUKI
Application Number:
JP2008069228A
Publication Date:
October 01, 2009
Filing Date:
March 18, 2008
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MAZDA MOTOR
International Classes:
B60L1/04; B60H1/22; B60L50/16; H02M7/5387; H02P29/00
Domestic Patent References:
JP2003230203A | 2003-08-15 | |||
JPH08126121A | 1996-05-17 | |||
JPH09286231A | 1997-11-04 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Minoru Murata