Patent ID: 8030881

Claim:
A battery control system for a vehicle, comprising: a battery for supplying electrical power in the vehicle; a controller receiving a battery signal representative of a condition of said battery, an ignition key signal representative of a state of an ignition key of the vehicle, and an engine signal representative of a state of an internal combustion engine in the vehicle; a plurality of loads selectively electrically connected to said battery by said controller in response to at least one of said battery signal, said ignition key signal and said engine signal; and an interface providing information on at least one of said battery and a connection state between said plurality of loads and said battery, wherein said controller electrically disconnects at least one load of said plurality of loads from said battery when said controller receives (i) said ignition key signal indicating that said ignition key is not in an ON position and (ii) said battery signal indicating that said condition of said battery is below a first predetermined threshold.