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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1999
Mitsuhiko Watanabe, Odawara, JP;
Katsuya Oyama, Hitachinaka, JP;
Shoji Sasaki, Hitachinaka, JP;
Toshio Hayashibara, Hitachinaka, JP;
Kaneyuki Okamoto, Hitachinaka, JP;
Ichiro Ohsaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A control apparatus for controlling multiple power loads in a vehicle includes a circuit for detecting a current abnormality of a power element and a circuit for monitoring a temperature abnormality in a locality of the power element. Circuits are also provided continuing or shutting down the power element based on information concerning the above stated current and/or temperature abnormalities, with a timing which is established according to a substantially constant period or a time interval which is stored in advance in a memory element.