Patent ID: 11897342
Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H  Y | IPC B

Claim 26:
27. The electronic control apparatus as set forth in claim 24, wherein
in the vehicle, there is installed an assembled battery that is constituted of a plurality of battery cells connected in series with each other,
the plurality of battery cells are divided into a plurality of battery cell groups,
the predetermined electronic control apparatus comprises a plurality of monitors each of which is provided for a corresponding one of the battery cell groups,
each of the monitors is configured to start, in response to an equalization command transmitted from the first controller, performing an equalization process of equalizing voltages of the battery cells of the corresponding battery cell group,
the second controller is configured to start performing the at least one of the stuck-OFF diagnosis and the stuck-ON diagnosis at a preset diagnosis start timing, and
the diagnosis start timing is a timing at which activation of the vehicle is stopped and which is after the first controller has finished transmitting the equalization command to the monitors.