Solar charging system
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYukinori MURAKAMI
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Abstract
A solar charging system mounted on a vehicle, comprising: a power generation module using a solar panel; an auxiliary battery storing electric power generated by the power generation module; a driving battery used for driving the vehicle; and a control unit provided between the driving battery and the auxiliary battery and controlling power transfer between both batteries, wherein the control unit changes an amount of electric power of the auxiliary battery transferred to the driving battery based on a state of the vehicle when performing a process of transferring electric power from the auxiliary battery to the driving battery.
Claims5
A solar charging system mounted on a vehicle, the solar charging system comprising:
- a power generation module using a solar panel;
- an auxiliary battery for storing power generated by the power generation module;
- a driving battery used for driving the vehicle;
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- a control unit that is provided between the driving battery and the auxiliary battery and that controls power transfer between the driving battery and the auxiliary battery, wherein when a process of transferring power from the auxiliary battery to the driving battery is performed, the control unit changes an amount of power of the auxiliary battery to be transferred to the driving battery based on a state of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.