US 12,344,225 B2
Vehicle
Takahiro Kozeki, Tokyo (JP); Takuya Honjo, Tokyo (JP); and Daisuke Takeuchi, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/242,244.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-144065 (JP), filed on Sep. 9, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0083409 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. B60W 20/10 (2016.01); B60K 6/52 (2007.10); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); B60W 10/119 (2012.01)
CPC B60W 20/10 (2013.01) [B60K 6/52 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 10/119 (2013.01); B60W 2510/087 (2013.01); B60W 2520/10 (2013.01); B60W 2555/20 (2020.02); B60Y 2200/92 (2013.01); B60Y 2306/05 (2013.01); B60Y 2400/82 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle comprising:
a battery;
a voltage control unit configured to output a boosted voltage obtained by boosting an output voltage of the battery;
a main drive unit including an engine and a main drive motor driven by electric power with the boosted voltage output from the voltage control unit, and configured to output a main driving force for driving one of a front wheel and a rear wheel by at least one of the engine and the main drive motor;
a sub drive unit including a sub drive motor driven by the electric power with the boosted voltage output from the voltage control unit, and configured to output a sub driving force for driving another of the front wheel and the rear wheel; and
a control unit configured to control the voltage control unit, the main drive unit, and the sub drive unit, wherein
when a temperature of the sub drive unit is equal to or higher than a predetermined value while the main drive unit outputs the main driving force including a driving force of the engine, the control unit increases the boosted voltage compared to when the temperature of the sub drive unit is lower than the predetermined value.