Vehicle power source
AssigneeSubaru Corporation
InventorTakahiro Kinoshita
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Abstract
A vehicle power source includes a motor generator, a power storage, a switch, an abnormality detector, and a switch controller. The motor generator is coupled to an engine. The power storage is coupled to the motor generator. The switch is controlled between a conductive state and a cut-off state, in which the conductive state involves coupling the motor generator to the power storage, and the cut-off state involves separating the motor generator from the power storage. The abnormality detector is provided separately from the motor generator and detects abnormality of the motor generator. The switch controller is provided separately from the motor generator and controls the switch from the conductive state to the cut-off state when the abnormality of the motor generator is detected.
Claims16
A vehicle power source mounted on a vehicle, the vehicle power source comprising:
- a motor generator coupled to an engine;
- a power storage coupled to the motor generator, the power storage comprising a first power storage and a second power storage, the first power storage and the second power storage coupled, in parallel with one another, to the motor generator;
- a switch controlled between a conductive state and a cut-off state, the conductive state involving coupling the motor generator to the power storage, and the cut-off state involving separating the motor generator from the power storage, the switch comprising:
- a first switch controlled between a first conductive state and a first cut-off state, the first conductive state involving coupling the motor generator to the first power storage, and the first cut-off state involving separating the motor generator from the first power storage;
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- a second switch controlled between a second conductive state and a second cut-off state, the second conductive state involving coupling the motor generator to the second power storage, and the second cut-off state involving separating the motor generator from the second power storage;
- an abnormality detector that is provided separately from the motor generator and detects abnormality of the motor generator;
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- a switch controller that is provided separately from the motor generator and controls 1) the first switch from the first conductive state to the first cut-off state and 2) the second switch from the second conductive state to the second cut-off state when the abnormality of the motor generator is detected.
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