IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0715042
(2012-12-14)
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등록번호 |
US-8476790
(2013-07-02)
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우선권정보 |
JP-2006-312752 (2006-11-20); JP-2007-021575 (2007-01-31) |
발명자
/ 주소 |
- Ichikawa, Shinji
- Obayashi, Kazuyoshi
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출원인 / 주소 |
- Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
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대리인 / 주소 |
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
0 인용 특허 :
11 |
초록
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An ECU executes a program including a step of turning on an SMRP and an A-SMRP if an ignition switch is turned on; a step of detecting voltage values VB(1) and VB(2) of running batteries when VH is detected and if VH is higher than 180 V; a step of detecting that SMRP connected to the running batter
An ECU executes a program including a step of turning on an SMRP and an A-SMRP if an ignition switch is turned on; a step of detecting voltage values VB(1) and VB(2) of running batteries when VH is detected and if VH is higher than 180 V; a step of detecting that SMRP connected to the running battery is welded, if VB(1) is higher than 150 V; and a step of detecting that A-SMRB connected to the running battery is welded, if VB(2) is higher than 150 V.
대표청구항
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1. A control device for a plurality of power supply circuits including power storage mechanisms and a plurality of relays, each of said power supply circuits including a circuit that has a first relay controlling electric conduction/non-conduction between a load and one electrode of the power storag
1. A control device for a plurality of power supply circuits including power storage mechanisms and a plurality of relays, each of said power supply circuits including a circuit that has a first relay controlling electric conduction/non-conduction between a load and one electrode of the power storage mechanism and a resistor connected in series to said first relay, a second relay connected in parallel to said circuit, and a third relay controlling electric conduction/non-conduction between the load and another electrode of the power storage mechanism, said control device comprising:a voltage detection unit detecting a voltage value of said load;a processing unit performing a precharge process, upon power supply startup, by causing a conductive state of said first relay and said third relay before causing the conductive state of said second relay and said third relay in each of said power supply circuits, so that a capacitor provided in parallel to said load and being an object of the precharge process is charged up to a charging level in such a way that a failure does not occur in said power supply circuit when electric power is supplied without passing through said resistor, and that the charging level is lower than full charging;a full-charge processing unit fully charging said capacitor, after performing said precharge process, with the charging of the capacitor from said charging level lower than full charging to full charging divided in accordance with a charging rate of the capacitor, by sequentially using said second relay and said third relay in each of said power supply circuits; anda detection unit detecting immobility of any of said second relay and said third relay in each of said plurality of power supply circuits, before said capacitor is fully charged, based on at least one of the detected voltage value of the load and the charging rate of the capacitor. 2. The control device according to claim 1, wherein said full-charge processing unit performs a full-charge process, with division performed corresponding to a number of said plurality of power supply circuits. 3. The control device according to claim 1, wherein said detection unit detects immobility of any of said second relay and said third relay of the power supply circuit that supplies electric power to said capacitor when said capacitor is charged with division. 4. The control device according to claim 1, wherein within a time determined in advance from start of conduction, when the voltage value of said load fails to reach a threshold value, or when the charging rate of said capacitor fails to reach a threshold rate determined in advance, said detection unit detects immobility of any of said second relay and said third relay in the power supply circuit that supplies electric power to said capacitor. 5. A control device for a plurality of power supply circuits including power storage mechanisms and a plurality of relays, each of said power supply circuits including a circuit that has a first relay controlling electric conduction/non-conduction between a load and one electrode of the power storage mechanism and a resistor connected in series to said first relay, a second relay connected in parallel to said circuit, and a third relay controlling electric conduction/non-conduction between the load and another electrode of the power storage mechanism, said control device comprising:a voltage detection unit detecting a voltage value of said load;a precharge processing unit performing a precharge process, by sequentially using each of said power supply circuits, upon power supply startup, with a charging of a capacitor divided in accordance with a charging rate of the capacitor, the capacitor provided in parallel to said load and being an object of the precharge process, the precharge process being performed by causing a conductive state of said first relay and said third relay before causing the conductive state of said second relay and said third relay in each of said power supply circuits; anda detection unit detecting immobility of any of said first relay and said third relay in each of said plurality of power supply circuits, based on at least one of the detected voltage value of the load and the charging rate of the capacitor during said precharge process performed as divided. 6. The control device according to claim 5, wherein said precharge processing unit performs the precharge process, as divided corresponding to a number of said plurality of power supply circuits. 7. The control device according to claim 5, wherein said detection unit detects immobility of any of said first relay and said third relay of the power supply circuit that supplies electric power to said capacitor when charging of said capacitor is performed as divided. 8. The control device according to claim 5, wherein within a time determined in advance from start of conduction, when the voltage value of said load fails to reach a threshold value, or when the charging rate of said capacitor fails to reach a threshold rate determined in advance, said detection unit detects immobility of any of said first relay and said third relay in the power supply circuit that supplies electric power to said capacitor.
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