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US 12,691,789 B2Granted
Vehicular power control system
AssigneeYazaki Corporation
InventorsHayato Yamaguchi, Sadaharu Okuda, Ryoichi Murata
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Abstract
When a low voltage battery is exhausted, power necessary for starting up is supplied from a simple power supply connected to an ACC socket to a vehicle side. The power of the simple power supply is supplied to power supply terminals of a DC/DC converter and other loads, and is used to activate the DC/DC converter. After the DC/DC converter is activated, power on a high voltage battery side is stepped down and supplied to a low voltage battery side, and a power supply path for the DC/DC converter and the other loads is switched. A mode switch or a relay is used to switch between a normal mode and an emergency start mode.
Claims4
A vehicular power control system comprising:
- a high voltage battery mounted on a vehicle;
- a voltage conversion unit configured to convert a high voltage output from the high voltage battery into a low voltage;
- a control unit configured to control activation of the voltage conversion unit;
- a low voltage battery configured to supply a prescribed operation voltage to the voltage conversion unit and the control unit;
- and
- an external power supply connector configured to connect a prescribed external power supply, wherein
- the control unit has a function of at least temporarily supplying external power to the voltage conversion unit and the control unit as the operation voltage instead of the low voltage battery, the external power being supplied from the external power supply via the external power supply connector, and
- the control unit includes:
- a switching circuit that selectively switches a connection destination of a circuit of the external power supply connector away from a first circuit connected to the low voltage battery and to a second circuit connected to the voltage conversion unit and the control unit, the switching circuit includes:
- a first terminal connected to the external power supply connector,
- a second terminal connected to the low voltage battery, and
- an output terminal connected to the voltage conversion unit and the control unit,
- an IG relay circuit configured to switch an opening and closing of a connection of a battery power supply line connected to the low voltage battery and an IG input power supply line such that the control unit controls the opening and closing of the connection, and
- a path switching relay that selectively switches a connection destination of an IG line connection terminal of the voltage conversion unit to one of the second circuit and the IG input power supply line such that a selection state by the path switching relay is automatically switched according to whether a voltage is applied to the second circuit.
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A vehicular power control system comprising:
- a high voltage battery mounted on a vehicle;
- a voltage conversion unit configured to convert a high voltage output from the high voltage battery into a low voltage;
- a control unit configured to control activation of the voltage conversion unit;
- a low voltage battery configured to supply a prescribed operation voltage to the voltage conversion unit and the control unit;
- and
- an external power supply connector configured to connect a prescribed external power supply, wherein
- the control unit has a function of at least temporarily supplying external power to the voltage conversion unit and the control unit as the operation voltage instead of the low voltage battery, the external power being supplied from the external power supply via the external power supply connector, and
- the control unit includes:
- a switching circuit that selectively switches a connection destination of a circuit of the external power supply connector away from a first circuit connected to the low voltage battery and to a second circuit connected to the voltage conversion unit and the control unit,
- an IG relay circuit configured to switch an opening and closing of a connection of a battery power supply line connected to the low voltage battery and an IG input power supply line such that the control unit controls the opening and closing of the connection, and
- a path switching relay that selectively switches a connection destination of an IG line connection terminal of the voltage conversion unit to one of the second circuit and the IG input power supply line such that a selection state by the path switching relay is automatically switched according to whether a voltage is applied to the second circuit, wherein,
- the switching circuit has:
- a normal mode in which the switching circuit switches the connection destination for the external power supply connector away from the voltage conversion unit and to the low voltage battery;
- and
- an emergency start mode in which the switching circuit switches the connection destination for the external power supply connector away from the low voltage battery and to the voltage conversion unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.