Patent ID: 9061592
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: B60K

Abstract:
1. A vehicle power integration system comprising: a power integration controller selected from the group consisting of a stand alone microcontroller or a microprocessor, the power integration controller processing one or more input signals from one or more vehicle electronic control units to the power integration system to produce one or more output signals in accordance with the one or more input signals and for monitoring in real-time an operational status of one or more switching elements and storing the operational status on a memory; one or more switching elements operatively connected to the power integration controller and actuated by the one or more output signals from the power integration controller for actuating one or more loads of a vehicle electrical system; a communication module operatively connected to the power integration controller for operatively communicating the operational status of the one or more switching elements over a vehicle communications bus system; and a multimedia display device operatively connected to the vehicle communications bus system, the power integration controller in combination with the multimedia display device operable to selectively display a textual or a graphical representation of the operational status of the one or more switching elements in a real time diagnostic mode and a historic diagnostic mode.