Patent ID: 11858378
Assignee: KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H  Y | IPC B  H

Claim 6:
7. A battery discharge control method of a motor-driven vehicle, the method comprising:
monitoring, by a battery state of charge (SOC) monitoring unit, a SOC of an auxiliary battery;
confirming, by a battery saver, whether a vehicle is turned off; and
when the vehicle is turned off, cutting off, by the battery saver, electric power supply from the auxiliary battery to a plurality of electric components, a vehicle controller, and a wireless communication module based on a predetermined priority order, and the monitored SOC of the auxiliary battery,
wherein the plurality of electric components includes:
a second electric component comprising a door lock module, a trunk lead lock module, a clock, and an audio memory which are always-on power components, and
a first electric component other than the always-on power components, and

wherein cutting off the electric power supply comprises: first cutting off the electric power supply to the first electric component and then cutting off the electric power supply to the second electric component.