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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2017
Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Yokkaichi, Mie, JP;
Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Yokkaichi, Mie, JP;
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Tomohiro Taniguchi, Mie, JP;
Hiromichi Yasunori, Yokkaichi Mie, JP;
AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Yokkaichi, Mie, JP;
Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Yokkaichi, Mie, JP;
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka-Shi, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a relay device that is able to supply a charging current to at least two electrical storage units from a power generator. In a relay device, a first electrical storage unit-side conduction path is connected between a power generator-side conduction path and a first electrical storage unit, and a second electrical storage unit-side conduction path is connected between the power generator-side conduction path and a second electrical storage unit. A relay unit breaks electrical continuity between the first electrical storage unit and the second electrical storage unit when a first switch unit provided on the first electrical storage unit-side conduction path and a second switch unit provided on the second electrical storage unit-side conduction path are OFF. A control unit turns OFF the second switch unit when the first switch unit is ON, and turns OFF the first switch unit when the second switch unit is ON.