Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Yazaki Corporation

Kazutoshi Oshiro

Yoshihiro Kawamura

Toshihiro Sone

Tadashi Shimada

An insulation detecting device having a capacitor and a DC power source, insulated from a ground potential part. A voltage detecting unit, detects a voltage across the capacitor. A first switching unit connects the capacitor to the DC power source in series for a first preset time shorter than a time taken for completely charging the capacitor. A second switching unit connects the capacitor between a positive terminal of the DC power source and the ground potential part in series for a second preset time. A third switching unit connects the capacitor between a negative terminal of the DC power source and the ground potential part in series for the second preset time. A fourth switching unit connects the voltage detecting unit to the capacitor after the first to third switching units are turned off. A computing unit estimates a voltage across the power source.

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Haibara-gun, Japan

Kazutoshi Oshiro