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US 12,362,117 B2Granted
Relay system
AssigneeSubaru Corporation
InventorsTomoya Sato, Akira Uchida
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Abstract
A relay system includes a relay device and a controller. The relay device includes a contact and a driving mechanism configured to switch the contact between an open mode and a closed mode. The controller is configured to control the relay device. The controller is configured to, when freezing occurs on the contact, to commence first application of electric current to the driving mechanism to generate a driving force acting in a direction in which the contact is not switched between the open mode and a closed mode.
Claims6
A relay system comprising:
- a relay device comprising a contact and a driving mechanism configured to switch the contact between an open mode and a closed mode;
- and
- a controller configured to control the relay device,
- wherein the controller is configured to, when freezing occurs on the contact, commence first application of electric current to the driving mechanism to generate a driving force acting in a direction in which the contact is not switched between the open mode and the closed mode.
1 more element
A relay system comprising:
- a relay device comprising a contact, and a driving mechanism including a coil and configured to switch the contact between an open mode and a closed mode;
- and
- circuitry configured to
- control the relay device, and
- when freezing occurs on the contact, commence first application of electric current to the coil of the driving mechanism to generate a driving force acting in a direction in which the contact is not switched between the open mode and the closed mode.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.