Patent ID: 11951870
Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G  H  Y | IPC B  G  H

Claim 12:
13. The battery monitoring apparatus as set forth in claim 11, wherein each of the voltage monitors is configured to be activated, upon receipt of a predetermined activation signal, using electric power supplied from an electric power source other than the battery ECU,
the predetermined wiring comprises a plurality of signal lines that transmit the activation signal, but neither the commands nor the voltage information,
each of the voltage monitors is connected with the battery ECU via a corresponding one of the signal lines, and
the battery ECU is configured to send the activation signal, via the corresponding signal lines, sequentially to the voltage monitors in the predetermined order and thereby sequentially activate the voltage monitors in the predetermined order.