Patent ID: 8493038

Claim:
A vehicle-use power generation control apparatus comprising: a voltage control means for controlling an excitation current of a vehicle generator driven by an engine such that a power generation voltage of the vehicle generator is kept at a first set value; an excitation current restriction control means for restricting increase of the excitation current when the excitation current is increased by the voltage control means; a restriction control inhibition means for inhibiting restriction control by the excitation current restriction control means when the power generation voltage of the vehicle generator falls below a second set value lower than the first set value during the restriction control by the excitation current restriction control means; and a restriction-control inhibition maintaining means for maintaining the restriction control by the excitation current restriction control means until the power generation voltage of the vehicle generator exceeds a third set value higher than the second set value and lower than the first set value in a case where the power generation voltage of the vehicle generator exceeds the second set value after the restriction control by the restriction-control inhibition means is inhibited by the restriction control inhibition means.