Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electric storage system that detects voltage values of a plurality of electric storage elements
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Application No.: US15029274Application Date: 2014-10-08
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Publication No.: US10044199B2Publication Date: 2018-08-07
- Inventor: Junichi Matsumoto , Takashi Ogura
- Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JP2013-215889 20131016
- International Application: PCT/IB2014/002052 WO 20141008
- International Announcement: WO2015/056068 WO 20150423
- Main IPC: H01M10/44
- IPC: H01M10/44 ; H01M10/46 ; H02J7/00 ; B60L11/18

Abstract:
An electric storage system includes plural electric storage elements, a voltage detection circuit, a discharging circuit, and a controller. The controller is configured to: (a) control an operation of the discharging circuit on the basis of the voltage values detected by the voltage detecting circuit, (b) determine a first reference voltage value indicating a lowest voltage value from the voltage values of the plurality of electric storage elements, (c) discharge the electric storage element indicating the voltage value of which a voltage difference from the first reference voltage value is greater than a first threshold value, and (d) set the first threshold value to a smaller value as the first reference voltage value becomes lower.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160254683A1 ELECTRIC STORAGE SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2016-09-01
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