# US 2026/0097729 A1 · Power supply control system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2026/0097729 A1 - Document ID: US20260097729A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 19/220,382 - Filed: 2025-05-28 - Published: 2026-04-09 - Earliest claimed: 2024-10-07 - Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Masashi ITO - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20260097729A1 ## 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 50/60: using power supplied by batteries (in combination with fuel cells B60L50/75) - B60L 2210/12: Buck converters - B60L 2270/40: related to technical updates when adding new parts or software - 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 ## Abstract A power supply control system includes a first relay, a second relay, and a controller. The first relay connects a first in-vehicle battery to an electronic control device to allow electric power to be supplied when program rewriting is not performed. The second relay connects the external power supply to the electronic control device to allow the electric power to be supplied from an external power supply when the program rewriting is performed. The controller is configured to control a connection state of the first relay and the second relay. The controller is configured to, after the external power supply is connected to the second relay controlled to be in a cutoff state, before the program rewriting is started, control the first relay to be in a unidirectional conduction state, and control the second relay to be in the unidirectional conduction state. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A power supply control system that is used when performing program rewriting of an electronic control device by using an external power supply, the power supply control system comprising: a first relay configured to connect a first in-vehicle battery to the electronic control device to allow electric power to be supplied when the program rewriting is not performed; a second relay configured to connect the external power supply to the electronic control device to allow electric power to be supplied when the program rewriting is performed; and a controller configured to control a connection state of the first relay and the second relay, wherein the controller is configured to, after the external power supply is connected to the second relay controlled to be in a cutoff state and before the program rewriting is started, control the first relay to be in a unidirectional conduction state in which a current direction is restricted to a direction from the first in-vehicle battery to the electronic control device, control the second relay to be in a unidirectional conduction state in which a current direction is restricted to a direction from the external power supply to the electronic control device, control the first relay to be in a cutoff state, and control the second relay to be in a bidirectional conduction state in which a current direction is not restricted. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The power supply control system according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to, after the program rewriting is completed and before the external power supply is disconnected from the second relay, control the second relay to be in the unidirectional conduction state in which the current direction is restricted to the direction from the external power supply to the electronic control device, control the first relay to be in the unidirectional conduction state in which the current direction is restricted to the direction from the first in-vehicle battery to the electronic control device, control the second relay to be in the cutoff state, and control the first relay to be in a bidirectional conduction state in which a current direction is not restricted. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The power supply control system according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to, in a case where the electronic control device receives the electric power supplied from a second in-vehicle battery via a DC-DC converter when the program rewriting is not performed, stop the DC-DC converter before the program rewriting is started and before the first relay is controlled to be in the unidirectional conduction state. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The power supply control system according to claim 2, wherein the controller is configured to, in a case where the electronic control device receives the electric power supplied from a second in-vehicle battery via a DC-DC converter when the program rewriting is not performed, operate the DC-DC converter after the program rewriting is completed and after the first relay is controlled to be in the bidirectional conduction state. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The power supply control system according to claim 1, wherein each of the first relay and the second relay has a configuration in which two field effect transistors are connected in series with rectification directions of body diodes of the two field effect transistors being opposite to each other.