Electrical transmission or interconnection systems – Vehicle mounted systems – Automobile
Patent
1998-12-09
2000-09-05
Jackson, Stephen W.
Electrical transmission or interconnection systems
Vehicle mounted systems
Automobile
307 91, B60L 100
Patent
active
061147761
ABSTRACT:
A vehicle-equipment control apparatus comprises a plurality of types of control instruction units respectively having different switch functions and incorporating different diode-connected circuits therein, unit mounting portions to which the plurality of types of control instruction units are mountable, and a control instruction unit determinator which, when any of the plurality of types of control instruction units is fit to the unit mounting portions, determines the type of the fit control instruction unit based on the output of each built-in diode-connected circuit. In this case, the diode-connected circuit is made up of two or more diodes or comprised of two or more diodes and one resistor.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5990571 (1999-11-01), Sato et al.
Ito Susumu
Sato Hiroyuki
Yokoyama Tatsuya
Alps Electric Co. ,Ltd.
Jackson Stephen W.
Polk Sharon
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