Patent ID: 11967840
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 6:
7. The power supply system according to claim 1, wherein the control device is configured to:
detect levels of degradation of the batteries included in the U-phase battery string, the V-phase battery string, and the W-phase battery string; and
control the alternating-current sweep unit in such a manner that the first switch of a battery circuit module including a battery with a level of degradation higher than a predetermined value is switched to the ON state and the second switch of the battery circuit module including the battery with the level of degradation higher than the predetermined value is switched to the OFF state to disconnect the battery circuit module including the battery with the level of degradation higher than the predetermined value from a series connection, the multiple battery circuit modules including the battery circuit module including the battery with the level of degradation higher than the predetermined value.