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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2024
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Dong Hwan Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul, KR;
KIA CORPORATION, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A power control apparatus includes a main switch that supplies or cuts off power to in-vehicle electronic control units (ECUs). The power control apparatus also includes a backup switch that supplies or cuts off the power to the in-vehicle ECUs. The power control apparatus additionally includes a storage that stores a lookup table in which inrush current values respectively corresponding to the ECUs are recorded. The power control apparatus further includes a controller that collects ECU information on the in-vehicle ECUs, turns on the main switch when a sum of the inrush current values respectively corresponding to the ECUs exceeds a threshold current value, and turns on the backup switch at a preset time.
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