US 12,479,331 B2
Electrified vehicle and method for controlling the same
Yong Jae Lee, Whasung-Si (KR); Young Kwan Ko, Whasung-Si (KR); Byung Kwan Son, Whasung-Si (KR); Jang Yoon Jeong, Whasung-Si (KR); Ho Tae Chun, Whasung-Si (KR); and Yoo Jong Lee, Whasung-Si (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 Jul. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/218,723.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0170862 (KR), filed on Dec. 8, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0190294 A1, Jun. 13, 2024
Int. Cl. B60L 58/20 (2019.01); B60L 58/19 (2019.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/34 (2006.01); H02P 27/08 (2006.01)
CPC B60L 58/20 (2019.02) [B60L 58/19 (2019.02); H02J 7/0068 (2013.01); H02J 7/345 (2013.01); H02P 27/08 (2013.01); B60L 2210/40 (2013.01); B60L 2220/56 (2013.01); B60L 2240/427 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle comprising:
a motor including a plurality of windings corresponding to each of phases;
an inverter including a DC terminal connected to a main battery, and a plurality of legs connected to each end of the windings;
a charging switch connected between one electrode of an auxiliary battery and a neutral terminal of the motor; and
a controller configured to turn on the charging switch and to apply a DC offset to each of phase currents of the motor having the phases when a charging mode is performed while driving of the vehicle,
wherein the motor and the inverter boost a voltage of the auxiliary battery and output boosted voltage to the main battery to charge the main battery, based on the charging mode during the driving of the vehicle being performed.