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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 1996
Filed:
May. 24, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nippondenso Co., Ltd., Kariya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
123497 ; 1231 / ;
Abstract
In a pump control circuit, if a battery voltage declines to a voltage level lower than that required to insure a constant voltage, a low-voltage detection circuit outputs a low voltage detection signal. In the case of the decline in the battery voltage, an NOR circuit outputs the conversion signal from an internal logic section, and a pump control signal bypassing the internal logic section, giving priority to the latter signal. A motor drive circuit turns FET ON and OFF in accordance with the output signal of the NOR circuit. According to ON/OFF of the FET, the intermittent control of the current from the battery to the pump drive motor is performed.