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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2018
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Takuya Koujiya, Hyogo, JP;
Tadao Kimura, Hyogo, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 15/00 (2006.01); G01K 3/00 (2006.01); G01K 13/00 (2021.01); H01M 10/48 (2006.01); H01M 10/42 (2006.01); H01R 13/66 (2006.01); H01R 43/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/486 (2013.01); H01M 10/425 (2013.01); H01R 13/6683 (2013.01); H01R 43/00 (2013.01); H02J 7/04 (2013.01); H01M 2010/4271 (2013.01);
Abstract
A temperature sensor detects a temperature at a contact between a live part of connector for a first circuit device and a live part of a connector a for second circuit device. A controller determines the occurrence of a contact failure between the live parts if a difference between an amount of change in temperature detected by the temperature sensor per predetermined time and an amount of change in ambient temperature per predetermined time is greater than a set value.