Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Relay device and a method to detect open-circuit failures
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Application No.: US16063051Application Date: 2017-06-16
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Publication No.: US10861663B2Publication Date: 2020-12-08
- Inventor: Takahiro Saito
- Applicant: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd. , Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd. , SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Mie CN Mie JP Osaka
- Assignee: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd.,Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.,Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd.,Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.,Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Mie CN Mie JP Osaka
- Agency: Honigman LLP
- Priority: JP2016-134712 20160707
- International Application: PCT/JP2017/022239 WO 20170616
- International Announcement: WO2018/008360 WO 20180111
- Main IPC: H01H47/00
- IPC: H01H47/00 ; H02H1/00 ; H02J7/14 ; B60R16/033 ; H02H3/16 ; H02J9/06 ; B60R16/03

Abstract:
A relay device wherein power can be supplied to a load from at least two power storage units and can detect when an abnormality such as an open-circuit failure occurs in a path of one of the power storage units, accurately. A control unit in a relay device functions as a switching control unit, if the current value becomes lower than a current threshold value in a first conduction path and a second conduction path, the control device switches a relay unit to an OFF state. Furthermore, the control unit functions as a determination unit and determines whether, if it switches one of the relay units to the OFF state, a voltage value detected by a voltage detection unit provided in the path in which the relay unit that was switched to the OFF state is lower than a predetermined voltage threshold value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190115175A1 RELAY DEVICE Public/Granted day:2019-04-18
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