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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 1984
Filed:
Mar. 03, 1982
Yoshio Akita, Chiryu, JP;
Takanori Teshima, Kariya, JP;
Toshinori Maruyama, Iwakura, JP;
Koshi Torii, Kariya, JP;
Nippondenso Co., Ltd., Kariya, JP;
Abstract
In a roadway vehicle having a storage battery and an engine-driven alternator, the battery voltage is controlled by a voltage regulator which has a first voltage detector for detecting when the battery voltage reduces below a higher reference level at which the battery voltage is normally controlled, and a second voltage detector for detecting when the battery voltage reduces below a lower reference level. A third voltage detector detects when the alternator voltage rises above a predetermined level. A logic gate circuit responds to outputs from the second and third voltage detectors by generating a warning signal. A semiconductor switching element is coupled in series with the field coil of the alternator to supply thereto the alternator voltage in response to a switching control which is generated in response to an output signal from the first voltage detector to cause the switching element to operate the alternator in a high output state and in response to the logic gate circuit to operate the alternator in a low output state.