IP Library Granted Patent US 8,994,365
Granted Patent B2
US 8,994,365 · App. 13/637,841 · Granted Mar 31, 2015

Current detection apparatus

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Patent No.
US 8,994,365
App. No.
13/637,841
Granted
Mar 31, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A current detection apparatus includes two magnetic detectors that are arranged oppositely on a front surface and a back surface of a board which is located above a current path in order to detect a strength of a magnetic field, an electromagnetic shielding frame member that is mounted on the current path so that the two magnetic detectors and a part of the current path are accommodated inside the electromagnetic shielding frame member, and a control circuit that determines whether a failure which occurs in either of the two magnetic detectors from a difference between magnetic fields detected by the two magnetic detectors, respectively. Sensitivities of the two magnetic detectors are made adjusted so that current values outputted from the two magnetic detectors depending on detected magnetic fields are identical to each other in a normal state.

Claims (9)

1. A current detection apparatus, comprising:

two magnetic detectors that are arranged oppositely on a front surface and a back surface of a board which is located above a current path in order to detect a strength of a magnetic field which is generated by a current which flows in the current path, wherein the two magnetic detectors are located in different distances from the current path;

an electromagnetic shielding frame member that is mounted on the current path so that the two magnetic detectors and a part of the current path where the two magnetic detectors are arranged are accommodated inside the electromagnetic shielding frame member; and

a control circuit that determines whether a failure occurs in either of the two magnetic detectors from a difference between magnetic fields detected by the two magnetic detectors, respectively, wherein

sensitivities of the two magnetic detectors are adjusted so that current values outputted from the two magnetic detectors depending on detected magnetic fields are identical to each other in a normal state.

2. The current detection apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the two magnetic detectors is arranged to be located at a center of the current path in its widthwise direction.

3. The current detection apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the current path is extended in parallel to the board on which the two magnetic detectors are arranged.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 5, 2023
From: YAZAKI CORPORATION
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063845/0802 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 27, 2012
From: KAWAGUCHI, YASUNORI
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029038/0590 →