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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2005
Yasuo Oishi, Niiza, JP;
Katsuya Okamoto, Nerima-ku, JP;
Yasuo Oishi, Niiza, JP;
Katsuya Okamoto, Nerima-ku, JP;
Honda Access Corp., Niiza-shi, JP;
Mitsubishi Cable Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A grip heater control apparatus () capable of increasing the opportunities to enable a heater () to warm a grip () while suppressing a voltage drop of a battery (), the grip heater control apparatus comprising a heater () for generating heat by means of electric power supplied from the battery (), the heater being provided in a grip () of a steering handle of a vehicle having a generator () for generating electricity interlocking with the rotation of an engine as a propulsive source and the battery () charged by the generator (), and a heater control unit for controlling the electric energy supplied to the heater () from the battery (), wherein a revolutions detecting unit is provided for detecting the number of revolutions of the engine or the generator () and the heater control unit includes a unit for determining an upper limit on the upper limit electric energy supplied to the heater () depending on the detected number of revolutions.