ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,844, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to HITACHI ASTEMO LTD. (Ibaraki, Japan).
"Vehicle control system" was invented by Yasushi Sugiyama (Hitachinaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle control system is capable of implementing a fail operation while ensuring safety of traveling of a vehicle even when a power source function failure of a battery occurs. The vehicle control system includes an HV battery, first, second, third and fourth high-voltage relays that are redundantly arranged on an upstream side and a downstream side of the HV battery, a first and second DC-DC converters that are connected to the relays, a first an...