Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Temperature sensor malfunction diagnosis apparatus and temperature sensor malfunction diagnosis method
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Application No.: US16837024Application Date: 2020-04-01
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Publication No.: US11592343B2Publication Date: 2023-02-28
- Inventor: Ringo Shimada
- Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: McDermott Will & Emery LLP
- Priority: JPJP2019-073991 20190409
- Main IPC: G01K15/00
- IPC: G01K15/00 ; B60R16/04 ; G01K13/00

Abstract:
A temperature sensor malfunction diagnosis apparatus is provided in a vehicle that includes a device, a refrigerant circuit, an electric pump, a battery, and a temperature sensor, and configured to diagnose malfunction of the temperature sensor. The temperature sensor malfunction diagnosis apparatus includes a pump driver and a malfunction diagnosis unit. The pump driver is configured to drive the electric pump after stopping of driving of the vehicle, on the basis of the battery as a power supply. The malfunction diagnosis unit is configured to perform a malfunction diagnosis of the temperature sensor, on a condition that a charged time reaches a temperature converging time of the temperature sensor while the electric pump is driven. The charged time is a time during which charging of the battery is performed from start of the charging of the battery.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200326245A1 TEMPERATURE SENSOR MALFUNCTION DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND TEMPERATURE SENSOR MALFUNCTION DIAGNOSIS METHOD Public/Granted day:2020-10-15
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