# US 11,441,528 B2 · Vehicle and portable device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,441,528 B2 - Document ID: US11441528B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/573,306 - Filed: 2019-09-17 - Published: 2020-04-30 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2018-10-29 - Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Yuya Ando; Takeaki Suzuki; Shinsuke Iwasaki; Miki Sugita - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11441528B2 ## CPC - B60R 25/40: Features of the power supply for the anti-theft system, e.g. anti-theft batteries, back-up power supply or means to save battery power - F02N 11/0866: {comprising several power sources, e.g. battery and capacitor or two batteries} - B60L 53/18: Cables specially adapted for charging electric vehicles - B60R 25/01: operating on vehicle systems or fittings, e.g. on doors, seats or windscreens - B60R 25/403: {Power supply in the vehicle} - B60W 10/26: for electrical energy, e.g. batteries or capacitors - Y02T 10/70: Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries - Y02T 10/7072: Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors - Y02T 90/14: Plug-in electric vehicles - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - F02N: STARTING OF COMBUSTION ENGINES; STARTING AIDS FOR SUCH ENGINES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - B60L: PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K1/00, B60K6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K17/12, B60K17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES - B60W: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION ## Abstract A vehicle includes an electric power reception unit that is configured to receive electric power that is required to activate a system of the vehicle, from a portable device that is portable, the portable device including an electrical storage device provided therein, and the portable device being configured to carry out at least one of authentication of a user of the vehicle and issuance of a command to activate the system. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A vehicle comprising: an electric power reception unit that is configured to receive electric power that is required to turn on an electric power supply relay, from a portable device that is portable, the portable device including an electrical storage device provided therein, and the portable device being configured to carry out authentication of a user of the vehicle and issuance of a command to activate a system of the vehicle, wherein the electric power reception unit includes an exterior insertion portion which is provided outside a vehicle cabin and into which the portable device is inserted, an interior insertion portion which is provided inside the vehicle cabin and into which the portable device is inserted, a placement portion which is provided inside the vehicle cabin at a portion between a driver seat and a passenger seat and onto which the portable device is placed, and a non-contact electric power reception portion that is configured to receive the electric power from the portable device in a non-contact manner. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the electric power reception unit is configured to receive the electric power from the portable device and feed the electric power to the portable device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising: an electric power feed unit that is configured to feed the electric power to the portable device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising: an in-vehicle electrical storage device; an activation unit that is configured to activate the system; and a relay that connects and disconnects the in-vehicle electrical storage device and the activation unit to and from each other by being turned on and off, wherein the electric power reception unit is configured to receive, from the portable device, the electric power for turning on the relay. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the non-contact electric power reception portion is provided adjacent to a door handle on the outside of the vehicle. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising: an in-vehicle electrical storage device; and an electric control unit configured to activate the system of the vehicle, wherein the electric power supply is configured to connect the in-vehicle electrical storage device.