Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Power supply system providing fault detection using switching arrangement
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Application No.: US13774221Application Date: 2013-02-22
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Publication No.: US09705319B2Publication Date: 2017-07-11
- Inventor: Tetsuo Morita
- Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Kariya
- Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kariya
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Priority: JP2012-054582 20120312
- Main IPC: B60R16/03
- IPC: B60R16/03 ; H02J1/00 ; H01M10/42 ; H01M10/48 ; H02J1/06 ; H02J7/14 ; H01M10/052

Abstract:
A power supply system includes a first-battery, a battery unit including a second-battery, and a generator. The battery unit is connected to the generator and the first-battery via a conductor. The battery unit includes a connection-terminal connected to the conductor, an output-terminal connected to a load, a first-switch disposed on a wiring connecting the connection-terminal and the output-terminal, a branch line branching off from the wiring between the first-switch and the output-terminal and connected to the second-battery, a second-switch disposed on the branch line between the wiring and the second-battery, a first-voltage-detecting unit detecting voltage of the connection-terminal, and a switch control unit controlling the first and second-switches. The power supply system further includes a second-voltage-detecting unit detecting electromotive force of the first-battery, and a fault-determining unit determining a fault of the conductor based on opening/closing states of the first and second-switches and results of the first and second-voltage-detecting units.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130234504A1 POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2013-09-12
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