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Title:
WARMING-UP DEVICE FOR ELECTRICITY ACCUMULATION MEANS
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2009298190
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To quickly and accurately control the temperature of an electricity accumulation means provided on a vehicle.

In the hybrid vehicle 10 provided with a battery 500, an ECU 100 executes battery warming-up control. At this time, when an engine cooling water temperature Tw is higher than a battery temperature Tbatt and the battery temperature Tbatt is lower than a determination reference value Tbattth set based on an action appropriate temperature range of the battery 500, a valve element position of a three-way valve 770 of the battery warming-up device 700 is controlled by a first valve element position and the feed of cooling water to a heat-accumulation vessel 730 is started. The heat-accumulation vessel 730 has a structure inflated according to internal pressure, is inflated by increasing an amount of cooling water and imparts heat in a state that the vessel contacts with an opposed battery cell 520. When the battery warming-up is not necessary, the feed of cooling water to the heat-accumulation vessel 730 is stopped, the heat-accumulation vessel 730 is left from the battery cell 520, and the impartment of unnecessary heat is prevented.


Inventors:
KAMESHIMA TAMOTSU
Application Number:
JP2008151958A
Publication Date:
December 24, 2009
Filing Date:
June 10, 2008
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
TOYOTA MOTOR CORP
International Classes:
B60K6/22; B60K6/445; B60K11/02; B60L3/00; B60L50/16; B60W10/26; B60W20/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Tatsuo Egami
Koji Yamamoto
Satoshi Nakamura