Vehicle with high voltage power source mounted thereon, power source controller, method of starting such vehicle, and method of utilizing high voltage power source
US6668963B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 30, 2001 |
| Grant date | Dec 30, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 7, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S903/903
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A vehicle with a high voltage power source mounted thereon has a diversity of protection mechanisms to protect the driver and mechanics from potential accidents. Even in the case of a subtle erroneous operation or detection, one of such mechanisms cuts off the supply of the high voltage power source. This undesirably lowers the convenience of use. The arrangement of the present invention carries out evaluation and determines that the driver intends to start the vehicle in a normal manner, when the time on a first timer Toff is greater than a preset minimum off time Tmin, for example, 5 seconds but less than a preset maximum off time Tmax, for example, 1 hour. Based on this evaluation, system main relays SMR are set on to permit a start of the vehicle. In the case where an ignition key of the vehicle is operated normally twice at a time interval of several seconds, even if an interlock reed switch IRL is in the off state, the arrangement tries to start the vehicle since there is a possibility that a grip SG of a service plug SP is mistakenly pulled out. When the service plug SP is actually taken out under such conditions, even the on state of the system main relays SMR does not allo…
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