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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2001
Satoshi Yoshimura, Kariya, JP;
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A cooling fan control circuit drives a brushless motor to rotate a cooling fan to cool a condenser and a radiator mounted on a vehicle when a drive signal is activated. In a situation where the brushless motor rotates at a rotational speed equal to or higher than a predetermined value by flowing air in a situation that the drive signal is not activated and a charge state signal indicating that a battery is not in a fully charged state, the control circuit turns off MOSFETs in upper arms of an inverter circuit and simultaneously, synchronously switches MOSFETs in lower arms of the inverter circuit. With this configuration, an electric energy generated by the flowing air is stored from the brushless motor to a battery.