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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:
Mar. 24, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2003
Applicants:
Norifumi Furuta, Toyota, JP;
Masami Inagaki, Toyota, JP;
Masaaki Kaneko, Kariya, JP;
Tatsuya Kawai, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Norifumi Furuta, Toyota, JP;
Masami Inagaki, Toyota, JP;
Masaaki Kaneko, Kariya, JP;
Tatsuya Kawai, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16P 3/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A PCU having an inverter and the like includes a connector electrically connecting the PCU and external equipment located outside the PCU, a safety bar attaching the connector for preventing the connector from being touched, and an ECU detecting that an interlock circuit is opened via an interlock signal line in response to detachment of the safety bar to shut off supply of electric power to the PCU.