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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2000
Shiro Iwatani, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuhiro Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle AC-generator controller includes a storage battery to be charged by a rectification output of an AC generator having a field coil, a voltage regulator for controlling an output voltage of the AC generator to a predetermined value by controlling a field current flowing through the field coil, an indicator lamp for indicating a power-generation state and a no-power generation state of the AC generator, an indicator-lamp driving element for turning on and off the indicator lamp, a power-supply driving element for driving power supply of the voltage regulator in accordance with a turn-on-lamp output of the indicator-lamp driving element, and a power-supply cutoff element for cutting off the power-supply driving apparatus by controlling the turn-on-lamp output to the ground potential when the AC generator is brought into the no-power-generation state.