Electricity: measuring and testing – Fault detecting in electric circuits and of electric components – Of individual circuit component or element
Patent
1990-05-30
1992-04-21
Wieder, Kenneth A.
Electricity: measuring and testing
Fault detecting in electric circuits and of electric components
Of individual circuit component or element
307 107, 324158MG, 340648, G01R 3106, H02H 718
Patent
active
051072181
ABSTRACT:
Method of operation of an air cleaner used in a motor vehicle, comprises the steps of: intermittently turning off a blower motor of the air cleaner at a given interval; detecting ripple components included in an output voltage developed by a dynamo driven by an engine of the motor vehicle by detecting the output voltage between dc power supply lines connected from the dynamo to the air cleaner; and maintaining turn off condition of the blower motor when the ripple component is lower than a given level during intermittently turning off the blower motor. When the engine is stopped, during the on interval of the blower motor, stoppage of the engine cannot be detected by watching the ripple components included in power supply lines. However, during the following intermittent turning off interval, stop of the engine can be detected because the ripple component due to operation of the blower motor is not developed. Therefore, the blower does not continue to run after the stopping of the engine, so that power stored in the battery is saved.
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Hayashi Nobuhiro
Takashima Yoshinori
Matsushita Electric - Industrial Co., Ltd.
Regan Maura K.
Wieder Kenneth A.
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