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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2008
C. Richard Owens, Jr., Powell, OH (US);
Toshihiro Okama, Tochigi, JP;
C. Richard Owens, Jr., Powell, OH (US);
Toshihiro Okama, Tochigi, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A battery protection system is provided in a vehicle having an ignition system for selectively starting and stopping an engine of the vehicle and an electrical system including an electrical load and a battery that selectively delivers electric current to said load via a first device that protects said load from receiving excessive current. The battery protection system includes: a second device that selectively connects and disconnects the load from the battery; and a controller that controls said second device in response to a detected number of ignition cycles.