In a multiple power source system of the present invention that has an
inverter connected to a reactance, such as three-phase coils in a motor, a
high voltage battery is connected with a low voltage battery via one
transistor (Tr2) and one diode (D2) included in the inverter and one phase
coil (U-phase coil) of the three-phase motor. The transistor Tr2 is turned
on to make the electric current flow from the low voltage battery to the
U-phase coil. The transistor Tr2 is subsequently turned off at a preset
timing, so that the electric energy accumulated in the reactance, that is,
the U-phase coil, flows through the diode D1 into the high voltage battery
and thereby charges the high voltage battery. This arrangement enables the
charging process from the low voltage battery to the high voltage battery
without any complicated circuit structure for the voltage step-up. The
three-phase motor may be unipolar driven with transistors connected to one
side of the inverter. The arrangement of the present invention does not
require any complicated structure, which undesirably increases the size of
the multiple power source system, in order to ensure mutual supplement of
the electric energy between electric systems having a large difference in
voltage, for example, an electric system for driving a hybrid vehicle and
an electric system for its control circuit.