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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2011
Hidemitsu Nakagawara, Yokohama, JP;
Hisahiro Nabeshima, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidemitsu Nakagawara, Yokohama, JP;
Hisahiro Nabeshima, Kanagawa, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama-shi, JP;
Abstract
A vehicular power supply failure time safety measures control apparatus for a vehicle equipped with an electric park lock mechanism includes a means to detect a power supply failure in a park lock power supply, and a means to examine an electric storage state of the park lock power supply after the time of the power supply failure. The control apparatus further includes a park lock means to lock rotation of the wheel by operating the park lock mechanism when the electric storage state of the park lock power supply approaches a lower limit of the electric storage state ensuring the operation of the park lock mechanism.