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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2007
Minoru Ikemoto, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Hideo Okayama, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Hidetoshi Kitanaka, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Hidetoshi Sumita, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Yoshinobu Koji, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Kiyonobu Ueda, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Yasuhisa Adachi, Tanba, JP;
Makoto Sugiura, Tanba, JP;
Minoru Ikemoto, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Hideo Okayama, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Hidetoshi Kitanaka, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Hidetoshi Sumita, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Yoshinobu Koji, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Kiyonobu Ueda, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Yasuhisa Adachi, Tanba, JP;
Makoto Sugiura, Tanba, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a vehicle controller that is mounted in a box-shaped manner beneath the floor or on the roof of a vehicle so as to supply electric power to vehicle apparatuses. The vehicle controller is configured with a plurality of functional modules; each of the functional moduleshas at one side thereof an interface sidein which a first interface regionwhere signal-line terminals are arranged and a second interface regionwhere power-line terminals are arranged are separated; in each of the interface sides, the first interface regionis disposed in the vicinity of one and the same end and the second interface regionis disposed in the vicinity of the other and the same end; the plurality of functional modules includes a monitoring circuit, an overvoltage protection circuit, and an inverter.