# US 12,600,309 B2 · Power source control system

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- Number: US 12,600,309 B2
- Document ID: US12600309B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/897,349
- Filed: 2024-09-26
- Published: 2025-01-16
- Granted: 2026-04-14
- Earliest claimed: 2022-12-21
- Assignees: Yazaki Corporation
- Applicants: Yazaki Corporation
- Inventors: Masato Sasahara
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12600309B2

## CPC

- B60R 16/033: characterised by the use of electrical cells or batteries (for propulsion puposes B60K1/04; supplying batteries to, or removing batteries from, vehicles B60S5/06; testing of charge state G01R31/36)
- B60L 1/00: Supplying electric power to auxiliary equipment of vehicles (circuit arrangements for charging batteries H02J7/00)
- B60L 3/00: Electric devices on electrically-propelled vehicles for safety purposes; Monitoring operating variables, e.g. speed, deceleration or energy consumption (methods or circuit arrangements for monitoring or controlling batteries or fuel cells B60L58/00)
- B60L 58/20: having different nominal voltages
- B60R 16/03: for supply of electrical power to vehicle subsystems {or for (circuit arrangements for charging batteries H02J7/00)}
- H02J 1/00: Circuit arrangements for DC mains or DC distribution networks
- H02J 1/084: {for selectively connecting the load or loads to one or several among a plurality of power lines or power sources}
- H02J 1/10: Parallel operation of DC sources
- H01H 85/04: Fuses, i.e. expendable parts of the protective device, e.g. cartridges
- B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B60L: PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K1/00, B60K6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K17/12, B60K17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES
- H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
- H01H: ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES (contact cables H01B7/10; electrolytic self-interrupters H01G9/18; emergency protective circuit arrangements H02H; switching by electronic means without contact-making H03K17/00)

## Abstract

A power source control system includes a first power source, a second power source, a first switch, a second switch, a first voltage detector, a second voltage detector, and a control unit. The first power source supplies power to a first load and a second load. The second power source supplies power to the second load when an abnormality occurs. The control unit detects the presence or absence of an abnormality based on a voltage detected by the first voltage detector and/or the second voltage detector. In addition, the control unit switches on the first switch and switches off the second switch in a normal state. Further, the control unit switches off the first switch and switches on the second switch when an abnormality is detected.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A power source control system comprising:
a first power source that supplies power to a first load and a plurality of second loads provided in a vehicle via a first conductive path connected to the first load and a second conductive path connected to the plurality of second loads;
a second power source that supplies power to the plurality of second loads via the second conductive path when an abnormality occurs in the first load and supplies power to the plurality of second loads via the second conductive path when the abnormality occurs in the plurality of second loads;
a first fuse that is provided in the first conductive path and fused when an abnormality occurs in the first load;
a plurality of second fuses, which are provided in the second conductive path, corresponding to each of the plurality of second loads and fused when an abnormality occurs in the plurality of second loads;
a first voltage detector that is connected to the first conductive path and detects voltages of the first load and the plurality of second loads;
a second voltage detector that is connected to the second conductive path and detects voltages of the plurality of second loads;
a first switch having one end connected to the first power source and the other end connected to the second conductive path;
a second switch having one end connected to the second power source and the other end connected to the second conductive path; and
a control unit,
wherein the control unit includes:
an abnormality detector that detects the presence or absence of an abnormality in the first load or the plurality of second loads based on at least one of the voltages detected by the first voltage detector or the voltages the second voltage detector; and
a switch control unit that switches on the first switch and switches off the second switch in a normal state, and switches off the first switch and switches on the second switch when the abnormality detector detects an abnormality in the first load or the plurality of second loads.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The power source control system according to claim 1,
wherein the switch control unit switches off the first switch and switches on the second switch when the abnormality detector detects an abnormality in the first load or the plurality of second loads, and when the abnormality detector subsequently detects that an abnormal state that has occurred in the first load or the plurality of second loads has been eliminated, the switch control unit switches on the first switch and switch off the second switch.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The power source control system according to claim 2,
wherein the abnormality detector detects an abnormality by determining that the abnormality has occurred in the first load or the plurality of second loads when the voltages detected by the first voltage detector drops below a predetermined voltage.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The power source control system according to claim 3,
wherein the first fuse or the second fuse corresponding to the first load or the plurality of second loads in which an abnormality has occurred is fused, and when a voltage detected by the first voltage detector or the second voltage detector increases above the predetermined voltage, the abnormality detector detects that an abnormal state that has occurred in the first load or the plurality of second loads has been eliminated.

### Claim 5

A power source control system comprising:
a first power source that supplies power to a first load and a plurality of second loads provided in a vehicle via a first conductive path connected to the first load and a second conductive path connected to the plurality of second loads;
a second power source that supplies power to the plurality of second loads via the second conductive path when an abnormality occurs in the first load and supplies power to the second load via the second conductive path when an abnormality occurs in the plurality of second loads;
a first fuse that is provided in the first conductive path and fused when an abnormality occurs in the first load;
a plurality of second fuses, which are provided in the second conductive path, corresponding to each of the plurality of second loads and fused when an abnormality occurs in the plurality of second loads;
a voltage detector that is connected to the first conductive path and detects voltages of the first load and the plurality of second loads;
a first switch having one end connected to the first power source and the other end connected to the second conductive path;
a second switch having one end connected to the second power source and the other end connected to the second conductive path;
a current detector connected in series with the second switch; and
a control unit,
wherein the control unit includes:
an abnormality detector that detects the presence or absence of an abnormality in the first load or the plurality of second loads based on a voltage detected by the voltage detector and/or a current detected by the current detector; and
a switch control unit that switches on the first switch and switches off the second switch in a normal state, and switches off the first switch and switches on the second switch when the abnormality detector detects an abnormality in the first load or the plurality of second loads.