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Loading controlling apparatus

US4979066A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 12, 1990
Grant dateDec 18, 1990
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Expiry dateJun 12, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY04S40/121
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a load controlling apparatus used in, for instance, an automobile, equipped with a mulfunction diagnostic circuit, there are employed: PA1 a power source V; PA1 a load 1 operated by power supplied from the power source V; PA1 a drive 3 for controlling supply of the power to the load 1; PA1 a control 4 for supplying a control signal "a" to the drive 3; PA1 a first and second detector 2, b for detecting the current flowing condition "b" to the load 1 based upon the control signal "a" derived from the control 4, and also the voltage condition "C" applied to the load 1; PA1 a judging device 11 to 18 for judging an extraordinary condition of the load 1 and the drive 3 based upon the signals from the first and second detector 2, b, and the control signal "a"; and, PA1 a display outputting a signal "d" representative of the respective extraordinary condition of the load 1 and the drive 3 based upon the judgement result obtained from the judging device 11 to 18.

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