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

Claim 5:
6. The battery monitoring apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein the monitor activation device comprises the battery ECU,
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,
each of the voltage monitors is connected with the battery ECU via a corresponding one of a plurality of signal lines that transmit the activation signal, but neither the commands nor the voltage information, 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.