Patents Examined by Okjiako Nwugo
  • Patent number: 7812714
    Abstract: An emergency report device comprises: a power supply control unit that switches an electric power source from a main battery to an auxiliary battery when a supply voltage of the main battery is smaller than a predetermined threshold value; and an auxiliary battery operational check unit that performs an operational check of the auxiliary battery if the operational check of the auxiliary battery is being performed at a time when the vehicle drive mechanism starts, and if the operational check of the auxiliary battery is being performed for a first time during a period between an end of a previous day and a present time. The operational checking of the auxiliary battery is based on a current input into the auxiliary battery operational check unit from the auxiliary battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi Sakai