Patent ID: 9150112
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: B60L,H02J,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A power supply system for an electric powered vehicle on which an electric motor for driving the vehicle is mounted, comprising: a power control unit connected between a first power line and said electric motor, and configured to control driving of said electric motor; a first power storage device and a second power storage device connected in parallel to said first power line; a first switch connected between said first power storage device and said first power line; a second switch connected between said second power storage device and said first power line; a third switch disposed between a second power line supplied with charging electric power for charging said first and second power storage devices, and said first power storage device and said second power storage device; and a control unit for controlling ON and OFF states of said first to third switches, so as to selectively form any of a first power feed path formed by connecting each of said first and second power storage devices to said first power line, and a second power feed path formed by connecting, to said first power line, one of said first and second power storage devices connected in parallel when said third switch is turned ON.