IP Library Granted Patent US 11,368,041
Granted Patent B2
US 11,368,041 · App. 17/297,108 · Granted Jun 21, 2022

Discharge control device

Inventors: Yoshinobu Funazaki (Hitachinaka, JP); Ryosuke Yokoyama (Hitachinaka, JP); Shinichirou Hida (Hitachinaka, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
H02J7/345H02M7/003
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Patent No.
US 11,368,041
App. No.
17/297,108
Granted
Jun 21, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

If a wire is broken at a connecting portion 5 a , the connection with a positive electrode wiring 4 a is broken and a second discharge circuit 11 is lost. However, a first discharge resistor 6 is connected to a positive electrode wiring 4 a , and a first discharge circuit 9 is maintained. If a wire is broken at a connecting portion 5 b , the connection with a negative electrode wiring 4 b is broken and the second discharge circuit 11 is lost. However, the switching element 7 is connected to the negative electrode wiring 4 b via a board wiring 3 and a relay wiring 21 , and the first discharge circuit 9 is maintained. If a wire is broken at a connecting portion 5 c , the connection with the first discharge resistor 6 is broken and the first discharge circuit 9 is lost, but the second discharge circuit 11 is maintained. When a wire is broken at a connecting portion 5 d , the connection between the switching element 7 and the second discharge resistor 10 is maintained at the connecting portion 5 b , and the first discharge circuit 9 and the second discharge circuit 11 are maintained. According to the invention, a discharge can be maintained even if a disconnection occurs in a connecting portion with a discharge resistor.

Claims (14)

1. A discharge control device, comprising:

a capacitor;

a positive electrode wiring connected to a positive electrode side of the capacitor;

a negative electrode wiring connected to a negative electrode side of the capacitor;

a circuit board that has a first connecting portion to a fourth connecting portion, the first connecting portion being connected to the positive electrode wiring and the second connecting portion being connected to the negative electrode wiring;

a first discharge resistor that has one end connected to the positive electrode wiring and the other end connected to the third connecting portion of the circuit board; and

a relay wiring that connects the fourth connecting portion of the circuit board and the negative electrode wiring,

wherein the circuit board includes a second discharge resistor connected between the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion, a switching element connected between the second connecting portion and the third connecting portion to control conduction/disconnection of the first discharge resistor, and a board wiring for connecting the second connecting portion and the fourth connecting portion.

2. The discharge control device according to claim 1 , comprising:

a first connector that performs connection of the first connecting portion and connection of the second connecting portion; and

a second connector that performs connection of the third connecting portion and connection of the fourth connecting portion.

3. The discharge control device according to claim 2 , wherein the first connector and the second connector each are arranged in a vicinity of different sides of four sides of the circuit board.

4. The discharge control device according to claim 1 , wherein the positive electrode wiring and the negative electrode wiring are sealed with a resin material.

5. The discharge control device according to claim 1 , wherein the relay wiring is locked with a resin material.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 20, 2022
From: FUNAZAKI, YOSHINOBU; YOKOYAMA, RYOSUKE; HIDA, SHINICHIROU
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-225005 · Nov 30, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210399571A1 · Dec 23, 2021