US 11,739,680 B2
Vehicle thermal energy control system
Takahito Yoshiura, Toyokawa (JP); Daisuke Kobayashi, Kasugai (JP); Yoichiro Higuchi, Suzuka (JP); and Yasushi Kusaka, Toyota (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Mar. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/206,641.
Application 17/206,641 is a continuation of application No. 16/242,467, filed on Jan. 8, 2019, granted, now 10,982,583.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-020271 (JP), filed on Feb. 7, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0207519 A1, Jul. 8, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F01P 3/20 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01); F01P 7/02 (2006.01); F01P 7/16 (2006.01); F01P 5/12 (2006.01)
CPC F01P 3/20 (2013.01) [B60H 1/004 (2013.01); B60H 1/00385 (2013.01); B60H 1/00392 (2013.01); B60H 1/00885 (2013.01); F01P 7/02 (2013.01); B60H 1/00271 (2013.01); B60H 2001/00307 (2013.01); B60L 2240/34 (2013.01); B60L 2240/36 (2013.01); B60L 2240/445 (2013.01); B60L 2240/545 (2013.01); B60L 2270/44 (2013.01); B60L 2270/46 (2013.01); F01P 7/165 (2013.01); F01P 2005/125 (2013.01); F01P 2025/08 (2013.01); F01P 2060/02 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
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1. A thermal energy control system provided in a vehicle, the thermal energy control system comprising:
a plurality of heat sources, the plurality of heat sources each comprising at least one of a heat generator and heat exchanger; and
a heat amount distributor comprising a hardware processor or dedicated circuitry and configured to assign a demanded heat amount calculated from a heat demand generated in an entirety of the vehicle, to the plurality of heat sources on the basis of a suppliable heat amount, the suppliable heat amount being a maximum heat amount that each of the plurality of heat sources can supply,
wherein a priority is set for the heat demand generated in the entirety of the vehicle, and
when a total amount of the suppliable heat amounts of the plurality of heat sources is smaller than the demanded heat amount, the heat amount distributor cancels a heat demand for which a relatively low priority is set.