Patent ID: 9341130
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: F02D

Claim Text:
1. A vehicle control device for controlling a vehicle including an engine and an electric pump, the vehicle control device comprising: a relay having a contact part for connecting and disconnecting a power source to and from the electric pump; an engine stop instruction switch provided between the power source and a coil part of the relay for connecting and disconnecting the power source to and from the coil part; and a control unit for controlling the engine and the relay for determining whether or not an operation of the engine stop instruction switch is made; wherein the control unit includes: a port to which the coil part is connected; a drive part connected to the port for switching current application of the coil part; a detection part for detecting a current flowing to the port; and a determiner for determining whether or not the operation of the engine stop instruction switch is made based on a detection result of the detection part.