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US 10,703,193 B2Granted
Vehicle emergency battery switch
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasao Omura
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Abstract
A vehicle includes an electric load, a first battery electrically connected to the electric load, a second battery electrically connected to the electric load in parallel with the first battery, the second battery being closer to a center of the vehicle than the first battery in a top view of the vehicle, a switch configured to electrically disconnect solely the first battery of the first battery and the second battery from the electric load, and a controller configured to open the switch based on detection of a collision of the vehicle or detection of an abnormality of the first battery.
Claims2
A vehicle comprising:
- an electric load;
- a first battery electrically connected to the electric load;
- a second battery electrically connected to the electric load in parallel with the first battery, the second battery being closer to a center of the vehicle than the first battery in a top view of the vehicle;
- a switch that, when open, electrically disconnects solely the first battery from the electric load;
- a controller that opens the switch based on detection of a collision of the vehicle or detection of an abnormality of the first battery;
- a seat;
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- a frame member for the seat, the frame member extending in a vehicle width direction and being movable within a movable range in front and rear directions of the vehicle as a position of the seat is adjusted,
- wherein the second battery is provided outside the movable range in a side view of the vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.