Claims
- 1. A control apparatus for driving electrical loads provided at a vehicle, said apparatus comprising:
- at least two power wires arranged in said vehicle;
- load drive elements connected to said at least two power wires, each of said load drive elements feeding power to one of said electrical loads from one of said power wires; and
- a cut-off circuit for monitoring said load drive elements and electrically cutting off a switching element connected between said at least two power wires and one of said load drive elements if said one of said load drive elements is determined to be anomalous, by said cut-off circuit.
- 2. A control apparatus for driving electrical loads provided at a vehicle, said apparatus comprising:
- at least two power wires arranged in said vehicle;
- load drive elements connected to said at least two power wires, each of said load drive elements feeding power to one of said electrical loads from one of said at least two power wires;
- an anomaly detection circuit for detecting at least one of a short circuit and an open circuit in said at least two power wires; and
- a switching circuit for switching a connection of one of said electrical loads, connected to one of said at least two power wires, which has been detected to be anomalous by said anomaly detection circuit, to another connection to a normal one of said at least two power wires.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This application is a division of application Ser. No. 08/708,564, filed Sep. 5, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,808,371.
US Referenced Citations (31)
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Divisions (1)
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