Patent ID: 6762572
Filing Date: 2004-07-13
Classification: B60L,Y02T

Abstract:
An electric device having a power supply including a rechargeable secondary battery, an electric motor operated by electric power supplied from said power supply, a driver for driving said electric motor, and a controller for monitoring, managing, and controlling said driver and said electric device, comprising:a portable device power supply to which a portable device is connectable and which supplies electric power to said connected portable device; a second switch (SW2) turned on when a key is inserted into a key hole and turned to a first key position (ON1) or further turned to a second key position (ON2); a first switch (SW1) turned on only when the key is turned to said second key position (ON2); and a key switch interlocking with a lock mechanism for an operating system including a steering wheel, the key of which can be pulled out in a predeterrnined turning range including said first key position (ON1), wherein said first switch (SW1) is interposed in a main power line for supplying electric power from said power supply to said controller and said driver, and said second switch (SW2) is interposed in a power line for supplying electric power from said power supply to said portable device power supply.