US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on June 17 for "In-vehicle system and vehicle brake diagnostic device with a single relay connection" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,514, issued on June 17, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"In-vehicle system and vehicle brake diagnostic device with a single relay connection" was invented by Kenichi Iwata (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An in-vehicle system includes a main battery, a sub-battery, a brake system that is connected to the main battery and also is connected to the sub-battery through one semiconductor relay, a diagnostic unit that performs diagnosis of the brake system, and a control unit that controls the sub-battery. The diagnostic unit is configured to perform notification regarding a diagnosis start of the brake sy...