| CPC E05B 81/86 (2013.01) [B60R 16/033 (2013.01); E05B 81/04 (2013.01); H02J 7/0063 (2013.01); H02J 7/345 (2013.01)] | 1 Claim |
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1. A vehicle comprising:
a load;
an in-vehicle power supply system including a main power supply, a redundant power supply, and a mechanical relay, the mechanical relay being configured to switch between a first connection state in which the main power supply and the load is connected and a second connection state in which the redundant power supply and the load is connected; and
a body electronic control unit configured to control the mechanical relay to switch between the first connection state and the second connection state, wherein the redundant power supply includes
a capacitor in series with the mechanical relay, the capacitor storing electric power;
a semiconductor relay inserted between the capacitor and the mechanical relay and in series with the capacitor and the mechanical relay;
a discharge circuit in parallel with the capacitor; and
a control device, and
the control device is configured to execute following processes in the order of (i) to (iii):
(i) switching the discharge circuit to a discharge state to cause the capacitor to discharge electric power after ignition of the vehicle is turned off,
(ii) controlling the semiconductor relay to be in a conductive state in response to the body electronic control unit controlling the mechanical relay to switch to the second connection state, and
(iii) controlling the semiconductor relay to be in a non-conductive state until a predetermined time has passed.
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