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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2009
Akihiro Kosaki, Aichi-ken, JP;
Masaaki Iwabe, Makinohara, JP;
Kenji Iida, Kariya, JP;
Yoshinobu Furuya, Makinohara, JP;
Yoshiaki Ichikawa, Makinohara, JP;
Akihiro Kosaki, Aichi-ken, JP;
Masaaki Iwabe, Makinohara, JP;
Kenji Iida, Kariya, JP;
Yoshinobu Furuya, Makinohara, JP;
Yoshiaki Ichikawa, Makinohara, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-Shi, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Minato-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya-Shi, JP;
Abstract
A connection unit includes a first relay connected between a first electrode of a first battery and a first power feed line towards a vehicle load, a second relay connected between a second electrode of the first battery and a second power feed line towards the vehicle load, a third relay and a current limiting resistor connected in series between the second electrode of the first battery and the second power feed line, a fourth relay connected between an electrode of a second battery having a polarity identical to the polarity of the first electrode and the first power feed line towards the vehicle load, and a conductor line connecting an electrode of the second battery having a polarity identical to the polarity of the second electrode with the second electrode of the first battery. There can be provided a connection unit suppressed in the number of components, suitable for usage in a vehicle incorporating a plurality of power storage devices, and a vehicle incorporating the connection unit.