Electric motor vehicle having means for fully discharging part of energy storage device when energy amount in the other part is larger than a threshold
US6158541A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 26, 1998 |
| Grant date | Dec 12, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 26, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S903/919
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An electrically driven automotive vehicle including an electric motor for driving the vehicle, an electric energy storage device for storing an electric energy for operating the electric motor, the storage device having a plurality of storage portions which can be charged and discharged independently of each other, and a fully discharging device for fully discharging at least one of the storage portions, when an amount of electric energy stored in at least one of the other of the storage portions is larger than a predetermined threshold.
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