US 8,948,947 B2Granted

Moving body

AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.

InventorsKoichi Takaku, Chihiro Wake

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Abstract

A fuel cell vehicle is provided that can perform communicative filling only in a case in which it is possible to perform communicative filling appropriately. The vehicle includes: a pressure sensor and temperature sensor; a communication system that transmits data signals generated based on the outputs of these sensors; a battery; a lidded box that protects a hydrogen feed port; a lid switch; and a communicative filling ECU that activates the communication system after the lid has been opened. The ECU determines, based on the state of an activation prohibited flag, whether being a state in which activation of the system is not permitted in response to an opened-state of the lid having been detected. The ECU does not activate the system in a case of the flag being ON, and activates the system in a case of the flag being OFF.

Claims21

Dependent claims

A moving body comprising:

a storage vessel that stores fuel gas;
a pressure detection means for detecting a pressure inside of the storage vessel;
a temperature detection means for detecting a temperature of the storage vessel;
a transmitting means for transmitting a data signal generated based on the pressure and the temperature thus detected to an external fuel gas supply device;
a communication electric power supply device that supplies electric power to the transmitting means;
a lidded box that protects inside thereof a gas feed port for filling fuel gas into the storage vessel;
a lid opened-state detection means for detecting an opened state of a lid of the lidded box;
and
a control device that activates the transmitting means after the lid has been opened, and performs communication between the transmitting means and the fuel gas supply device,
wherein the control device includes an activation determination means for determining either (1) being a state in which activation of the transmitting means is not permitted, or (2) being a state in which activation of the transmitting means is permitted, the control device activates the transmitting means in a case of the activation determination means having determined being a state in which activation is permitted, and the control device determines being a state in which activation is not permitted in response a failure that causes the transmitting means to not be able to transmit data that is adequately reliable.

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A moving body comprising:

an electricity storage device that stores electric power;
a state detection means for detecting a parameter correlated to a state of the electricity storage device;
a transmitting means for transmitting a data signal generated based on the parameter thus detected to an external electric power supply device;
a communication electric power supply device that supplies electric power to the transmitting means;
a lidded box that protects inside thereof an electrical supply port for supplying electric power to the electricity storage device;
a lid opened-state detection means for detecting an opened state of a lid of the lidded box;
and
a control device that activates the transmitting means after the lid has been opened, and performs communication between the transmitting means and the electric power supply device,
wherein the control device includes an activation determination means for determining either (1) being a state in which activation of the transmitting means is not permitted, or (2) being a state in which activation of the transmitting means is permitted, and the control device activates the transmitting means in a case of the activation determination means having determined being a state in which activation is permitted, and the control device determines being a state in which activation is not permitted in response to a failure that causes transmitting means to not be able to transmit data that is adequately reliable.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/845,967Filed 18 Mar 2013
Published: US 2014/0277880 A118 Sep 2014
Granted: 3 Feb 2015
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification32 codes

B60L 3/0038
Detecting, eliminating, remedying or compensating for drive train abnormalities, e.g. failures within the drive train: relating to sensors
B60L 3/0053
Detecting, eliminating, remedying or compensating for drive train abnormalities, e.g. failures within the drive train: relating to fuel cells
B60L 3/04
Electric devices on electrically-propelled vehicles for safety purposes; Monitoring operating variables, e.g. speed, deceleration or energy…:…
B60L 58/30
Methods or circuit arrangements for monitoring or controlling batteries or fuel cells, specially adapted for electric vehicles: for monitoring or…