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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 1991
Filed:
Feb. 24, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Katsuhiro Sasaki, Himeji, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
320 48 ; 324427 ; 324429 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for diagnosing the residual charge of a battery mounted in a vehicle which utilizes an engine includes a comparator for comparing the terminal voltage of the battery with a reference voltage, a stoppage detecting circuit for detecting that the operation of the engine has stopped, a timer for determining that a predetermined time has elapsed since the stoppage detecting circuit detected that the operation of the engine stopped, and a determination circuit for determining the residual charge of the battery from the comparison result provided by the comparator when the timer determined that the predetermined time has elapsed.