IP Library Granted Patent US 10,351,084
Granted Patent B2
US 10,351,084 · App. 15/391,357 · Granted Jul 16, 2019

Power supply control system

Inventors: Akinori Maruyama (Shizuoka, JP); Shuuji Satake (Shizuoka, JP); Satoshi Morita (Shizuoka, JP); Yoshinori Ikuta (Shizuoka, JP); Yoshihide Nakamura (Shizuoka, JP); Yasuyuki Shigezane (Shizuoka, JP)
Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
B60R16/033B60R16/03
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Patent No.
US 10,351,084
App. No.
15/391,357
Granted
Jul 16, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

When an anomaly is determined in the transition of ECUs to a power saving state, a power supply control system sequentially turns on current supply switches while keeping a bypass switch on. A monitoring controller determines an anomaly in the transition of the ECUs to a power saving state on the basis of whether the dark current in the ECUs calculated from the amount of change at that time in the current in the power supply line is greater than an ordinary dark current. Further, in the startup state of the ECUs, power from a power supply can be supplied to the ECUs via the power supply line and individual supply lines.

Claims (10)

1. A power supply control system of a controller for controlling supplying a power from a power supply to a load, comprising:

a power supply line which is connected to the power supply and through which a current flows with supplying the power to the controller;

a bypass switch which is arranged on the power supply line and which allows supplying the power from the power supply line to the controller to be interrupted by turning-off of the bypass switch;

a current measuring unit which is provided on the power supply line to be closer to the controller than the bypass switch and which can measure a current flowing through the power supply line during turning-on of the bypass switch with use of a shunt resistor;

a current supply line which is branched from the power supply line between the power supply and the bypass switch and which is connected to the controller to form a circuit in parallel with the bypass switch and the shunt resistor;

a current supply switch which is provided on the current supply line and which allows supplying the power from the current supply line to the controller to be interrupted by turning-off of the current supply switch; and

an anomaly judgment unit configured, in a system-off mode where the controller is to make the transition to a power saving state after stopping supplying the power to the load, so as to judge an anomaly in the transition of the controller to the power saving state from a variation of the current that the current measuring unit measures when turning on or off the current supply switch while keeping the turning-on of the bypass switch, the controller being connected to the current supply line including the current supply switch.

2. The power supply control system of claim 1 , wherein

there are provided a plurality of controllers for the controller and plural sets of combinations each comprising the current supply line and the current supply switch, corresponding to the controllers, and

the anomaly judgment unit is configured so as to sequentially judge, in the system-off mode, anomaly in the transition of the controllers to the power saving state by sequentially turning on the current supply switches in respective sets while keeping the turning-on of the bypass switch.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 5, 2023
From: YAZAKI CORPORATION
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063845/0802 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ADDING 6TH ASSIGNOR PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 041288 FRAME: 0654. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Sep 17, 2018
From: MARUYAMA, AKINORI; SATAKE, SHUUJI; MORITA, SATOSHI; IKUTA, YOSHINORI; NAKAMURA, YOSHIHIDE; SHIGEZANE, YASUYUKI
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047094/0963 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 17, 2017
From: MARUYAMA, AKINORI; SATAKE, SHUUJI; MORITA, SATOSHI; IKUTA, YOSHINORI; NAKAMURA, YOSHIHIDE
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 041288/0654 →
Priority Claims (3)
JP 2014-145177 · Jul 15, 2014 · national
JP 2014-180904 · Sep 5, 2014 · national
JP 2015-002813 · Jan 9, 2015 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2015070252 · Jul 15, 2015
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