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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2017
Anden Co., Ltd., Anjo, Aichi-pref., JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Akira Sugiura, Anjo, JP;
Nobutomo Takagi, Anjo, JP;
Fukuo Ishikawa, Anjo, JP;
Shinji Oshita, Toyota, JP;
Kenichi Takayoshi, Nisshin, JP;
ANDEN CO., LTD., Anjo, Aichi-pref., JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A load drive apparatus includes: a first drive element that drives a first load; a second drive element that drives a second load; a control circuit that controls the first drive element and the second drive element; a power supply circuit that supplies electric power; and a failsafe circuit that includes an abnormality detection portion detecting whether an abnormality occurs in at least one of the control circuit and the power supply circuit, the failsafe circuit controlling the first drive element and the second drive element to drive the first load and the second load when the abnormality detection portion has detected that an abnormality occurs in at least one of the control circuit and the power supply circuit and also when the load drive apparatus receives at least one of a command directing a drive of the first load and a command directing a drive of the second load.