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Title:
AUTOMOBILE INCLUDING TRAVELING MOTOR
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2013090424
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide an automobile that can appropriately operate a discharge device in accordance with a situation.

This automobile 100 includes a motor MG, a smoothing capacitor C2, a discharge device DT and a controller 25. The smoothing capacitor C2 smoothes current that is used to drive the motor. The discharge device DT can discharge power stored in the capacitor C2. The controller 25 is configured to receive sensor data indicative of a state of the vehicle and determine whether the discharge device should be activated, based on the received sensor data.


Inventors:
KANZAKI TAKAO
SAKATA KOICHI
SHINDO YUSUKE
IGARASHI YASUAKI
Application Number:
JP2011228423A
Publication Date:
May 13, 2013
Filing Date:
October 18, 2011
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Assignee:
TOYOTA MOTOR CORP
DENSO CORP
International Classes:
B60L3/00
Domestic Patent References:
JP2011036048A2011-02-17
JP2006042459A2006-02-09
JP2010259220A2010-11-11
JP2011182578A2011-09-15
JP2010200455A2010-09-09
JP2011188711A2011-09-22
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kaiyu International Patent Office