US 12,296,716 B2
Electrified vehicle and power source management method therefor
Jung Hyun Lee, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Mar. 7, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/598,707.
Application 18/598,707 is a continuation of application No. 17/948,623, filed on Sep. 20, 2022, granted, now 11,958,381.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0022436 (KR), filed on Feb. 21, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0208363 A1, Jun. 27, 2024
Int. Cl. B60L 58/20 (2019.01); B60L 53/80 (2019.01); B60L 58/22 (2019.01)
CPC B60L 58/20 (2019.02) [B60L 53/80 (2019.02); B60L 58/22 (2019.02); B60L 2240/527 (2013.01); B60L 2240/545 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of power source management of an electrified vehicle, the method comprising:
determining, using a vehicle control unit, a target integrated voltage to be supplied to a power electric unit, comprising an inverter and a motor based on first battery information on a first battery and second battery information on a second battery;
wherein:
the electrified vehicle comprises:
the first battery;
the second battery; and
a DC converter having a first end electrically connected to the first battery and a second end electrically connected to the second battery; and
transmitting, using the vehicle control unit, a voltage command corresponding to a target output voltage to be output by stepping up or stepping down a voltage of the second battery, at the second end of the DC converter, to the DC converter, according to a determined target integrated voltage.