Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of detecting and responding to a cooling system failure in a power supply device
- Patent Title (中): 检测并响应电源装置中的冷却系统故障的方法
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Application No.: US10590235Application Date: 2005-08-19
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Publication No.: US07771864B2Publication Date: 2010-08-10
- Inventor: Nobuaki Kiya , Junta Katayama
- Applicant: Nobuaki Kiya , Junta Katayama
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota-shi
- Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota-shi
- Agency: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP
- Priority: JP2004-245194 20040825
- International Application: PCT/JP2005/015498 WO 20050819
- International Announcement: WO2006/022362 WO 20060302
- Main IPC: H01M10/50
- IPC: H01M10/50 ; H01M8/04 ; H01M16/00

Abstract:
A cooling fan of a secondary battery and a cooling fan of a DC/DC converter are arranged in parallel to share the same air discharge path. A temperature sensor on an air intake side and a temperature sensor on an air discharge side are attached to the secondary battery. When the cooling fan is in failure, a temperature deviation between the air intake side and the air discharge side in the secondary battery increases because a backflow component of a discharge air is generated through the discharge path as the cooling fan operates. Based on this phenomenon, when operation commands for both of the cooling fans are issued, the control circuit senses a failure in the cooling fan by monitoring the temperature difference between temperatures detected by the temperature sensors. Failure detection is thereby possible without providing a sensor at each of the cooling fans.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070178346A1 Power supply device Public/Granted day:2007-08-02
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