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Title:
ELECTRIC VEHICLE WITH DISCHARGE PROTECTION
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2013/057571
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A motor vehicle (100) includes an electric motor (MG), a smoothing capacitor (C2), a discharge device (DT) and a controller (25). The smoothing capacitor (C2) smoothes the electric current that is used to drive the electric motor. The discharge device (DT) is capable of releasing the electric charge stored in the capacitor (C2). The controller (25) is configured to receive sensor data that indicates a state of the motor vehicle and determine whether to activate a discharge device, based on the sensor data received.

Inventors:
KANZAKI TAKAO (JP)
SAKATA KOICHI (JP)
SHINDO YUSUKE (JP)
IGARASHI YASUAKI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/IB2012/002096
Publication Date:
February 06, 2014
Filing Date:
October 17, 2012
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Assignee:
TOYOTA MOTOR CO LTD (JP)
DENSO CORP (JP)
KANZAKI TAKAO (JP)
SAKATA KOICHI (JP)
SHINDO YUSUKE (JP)
IGARASHI YASUAKI (JP)
International Classes:
B60L3/04
Domestic Patent References:
WO2010131353A12010-11-18
WO2004103763A12004-12-02
Foreign References:
JP2006224772A2006-08-31
EP1683698A22006-07-26
DE102010005203A12011-07-28
DE102008043909A12010-05-27
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