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Device and method for supplying power to a vehicle, semi-conductor circuit device for use in the same and collective wiring device for a vehicle or an automobile

US6182807A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 21, 1997
Grant dateFeb 6, 2001
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Expiry dateAug 21, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60R2021/01115
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A power supply line is wired in a loop from a battery power supply, and a power supply relay circuit is installed intermediately of the power supply line such that power is supplied from the power supply relay circuit to an electric load connected to a terminal unit of an intensive wiring line. By this arrangement, not only wires for control signals but also wires for power supply can be reduced. The terminal unit may serve also as the power supply relay circuit.

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