Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080239628 | PROTECTION DEVICE FOR ASSEMBLED BATTERY, AND BATTERY PACK UNIT - A protection device for an assembled battery includes a sampling unit which individually samples voltages of batteries of the assembled battery to generate sampled voltages, a holding unit which holds the sampled voltages to generate a plurality of holding voltages, a multiplexer which sequentially reads the holding voltages and outputs each voltage to a common output node, a measuring unit configured to measure the individual voltages and the state of charges of the batteries based on a voltage of the node in a measuring period within a constant measuring cycle, and a control unit configured to turn on/off the sample switches at the same time within the measuring period and repeatedly turn on/off at least one sample switch selected from the plurality of sample switches in accordance with the state of charge in a term other than the measuring period. | 10-02-2008 |
20090035658 | ASSEMBLED BATTERY AND BATTERY PACK - According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided an assembled battery including: a conductive filler; a first cell comprising a flat first electrode tab made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy; a second cell comprising a flat second electrode tab formed of aluminum or an aluminum alloy. The second electrode tab is electrically connected to the first electrode tab through the conductive filler intervening between the first cell and the second cell and through weld surfaces of the first cell and the second cell which are at least partly welded to each other. | 02-05-2009 |
20090075166 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND BATTERY MODULE - A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a case, a nonaqueous electrolyte provided in the case, a positive electrode provided in the case, and a negative electrode provided in the case, the negative electrode comprising a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode layer that is carried on the negative electrode current collector and contains negative electrode active material particles, and the negative electrode current collector comprising an aluminum foil having an average crystal grain size of 50 μm or less or an aluminum alloy foil having an average crystal grain size of 50 μm or less. | 03-19-2009 |
20090087727 | BATTERY PACK - There is disclosed a battery pack which comprises a packing case, a combination battery housed in the packing case and having a plurality of flat and rectangular type secondary batteries which are laminated each other, a hollow body interposed at least between the flat and rectangular type secondary batteries in the combination battery and made of a thermoplastic resin film having a melting point of 110 to 200° C., and a cooling medium passed through the hollow body and includes an nonflammable insulating solvent. | 04-02-2009 |
20090130543 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a negative electrode including a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer that is formed on a first region of the negative electrode current collector, a negative electrode terminal connected to an edge section of a second region of the negative electrode current collector, a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material layer positioned to face the negative electrode active material layer and the second region, and a stress imparting member which imparts a tensile stress or a shearing stress to the second region. | 05-21-2009 |
20090167244 | PROTECTION DEVICE FOR ASSEMBLED BATTERY AND ASSEMBLED BATTERY SYSTEM CONTAINING THE SAME - A protection device for an assembled battery includes a sampling capacitor, first switches and second switches to sample the voltages of the battery cells and hold the voltages in the capacitor, a detection unit which detects the voltages of the battery cells based on the voltage sampled by any one of the first switches and the second switches and held on the capacitor and output the detected value, a computing unit which computes an average value of the detected values, a comparator which compares the detected value with the average value so as to obtain a result of comparison indicating a relation in size between the both, and a controller which controls the first switches and the second switches, for the second switches to sample if the detected value obtained by sampling by the first switches is higher than the average value according to the comparison result. | 07-02-2009 |
20100007351 | ASSEMBLED-BATTERY VOLTAGE MEASURING DEVICE AND ASSEMBLED-BATTERY VOLTAGE SYSTEM USING IT - A voltage measuring device includes a sample-and-hold circuit which alternates between (a) a sample mode in which a signal input from a cell to be measured is sampled so that a voltage across a first capacitor becomes equal to a voltage across the cell to be measured, and a voltage across a second capacitor having its one end connected to one end of the first capacitor becomes equal to zero volts and (b) a hold mode in which the connection between the first and second capacitors is opened, the first capacitor establishes a connection between an inverting input terminal and a non-inverting output terminal of an operational amplifier, and the second capacitor establishes a connection between a non-inverting input terminal and an inverting output terminal of the operational amplifier, and an analog-to-digital converter which converts a signal output from the operational amplifier into a digital signal. | 01-14-2010 |
20100072950 | ASSEMBLED BATTERY SYSTEM - In an assembled battery system, parallel battery blocks are connected in series. Each of the battery blocks includes battery unit modules connected in parallel, and each of the modules includes a battery unit and a fuse connected in series. The battery block is provided with a common connection line connected to a fuse monitoring module, and MOS-FETs each having a gate, source and drain, wherein the fuse is connected between the gate and source, and the drain is connected to the connection line. The FET is turned on and a voltage is applied to the connection line through the FET from the battery unit, when the fuse is blown out. Thus, the fuse monitoring module can detects the blowout of the fuse, and a control module can turn off a control switch to stop charging/discharging of the assembled battery in accordance with the control signal from the fuse monitoring module. | 03-25-2010 |
20100073003 | BATTERY INFORMATION ACQUIRING APPARATUS - A battery information acquiring apparatus includes a voltage acquiring unit which acquires an inter-terminal voltage of the battery cell; a battery information acquiring circuit which acquires battery information of the battery cell with the acquired voltage being supplied as a first power supply voltage and; a radio circuit which transmits a signal of the battery information to the management unit via the antenna with the acquired voltage being supplied as a second power supply voltage and; a rectification circuit which receives a radio signal from the management unit via the antenna, rectify the received radio signal and generate a DC voltage; and a control circuit which controls supply of the first and second power supply voltages to the battery information acquiring circuit and the radio circuit wherein the control circuit operates with the generated DC voltage being supplied as a third power supply voltage. | 03-25-2010 |
20100079146 | BATTERY INFORMATION ACQUIRING APPARATUS - There is an apparatus includes a voltage acquiring unit which acquires an inter-terminal voltage of the battery cell; a battery information acquiring circuit which acquires battery information of the battery cell with the acquired voltage being supplied as a power supply voltage and; a transformer configured to have a primary winding and a secondary winding, the primary winding being connected to a common wire; a communication circuit which transmits a signal of the battery information to a management unit, supplied with the acquired voltage as a power supply voltage; a rectification circuit which rectifies a signal of a predetermined frequency from the management unit to generate a DC voltage; and a control circuit which controls the supply of the power supply voltages to the battery information acquiring circuit and the communication circuit, the control circuit being supplied with the DC voltage as a power supply voltage. | 04-01-2010 |
20100143790 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY - A nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes a case, a nonaqueous electrolyte provided in the case, a positive electrode provided in the case, and a negative electrode provided in the case, including a negative electrode active material and an electronic conductor containing a carbonaceous material, wherein a negative electrode working potential is nobler at least 1 V than a lithium electrode potential, and the carbonaceous material has a spacing (d | 06-10-2010 |
20100201326 | STORAGE BATTERY SYSTEM AND AUTOMOBILE - A storage battery system includes a battery module including nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries. The storage battery system further includes a temperature sensor which measures a temperature of the battery module, a voltmeter which measures a voltage of each of the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries and a charge control unit which controls a maximum end-of-charge voltage V | 08-12-2010 |
20100221598 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND BATTERY MODULE - A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a case, a nonaqueous electrolyte provided in the case, a positive electrode provided in the case, and a negative electrode provided in the case, the negative electrode comprising a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode layer that is carried on the negative electrode current collector and contains negative electrode active material particles, and the negative electrode current collector comprising an aluminum foil having an average crystal grain size of 50 μm or less or an aluminum alloy foil having an average crystal grain size of 50 μm or less. | 09-02-2010 |
20100237829 | ASSEMBLED BATTERY SYSTEM AND ASSEMBLED BATTERY PROTECTION DEVICE - An assembled battery system includes an assembled battery including a plurality of electric cell blocks connected in series, the electric cell blocks each including at least one nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery provided with a negative electrode current collector formed of aluminum or an aluminum alloy, a voltage measuring unit configured to measure a plurality of voltages of the electric cell blocks, a controller which controls charge/discharge of the assembled battery in accordance with the measured voltages, and bypass circuits connected in parallel to the electric cell blocks, the bypass circuits each bypassing a current that flows from a negative electrode of one of the electric cell blocks to a positive electrode of the one of electric cell blocks when the measured voltage of the one of electric cell blocks is a negative value not greater than a threshold value. | 09-23-2010 |
20110006733 | CHARGING METHOD FOR AN ASSEMBLED CELL AND AN ASSEMBLED CELL SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a charging method for an assembled cell including a plurality of secondary batteries connected in series is disclosed. The method can detect the cell voltages. The method can set a charging current setting value so as to lower the charging current setting value of the assembled cell, if at least one of the detected cell voltages reaches a predetermined charge termination upper limit voltage. The method can control the charging current of the assembled cell according to the charging current setting value. In addition, the method can stop the charge, when a lowest cell voltage is lower than a predetermined charge termination lower limit voltage at a time when at least one of the cell voltages detected reaches the charge termination upper limit voltage. | 01-13-2011 |
20110104554 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND BATTERY MODULE - A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a case, a nonaqueous electrolyte provided in the case, a positive electrode provided in the case, and a negative electrode provided in the case, the negative electrode comprising a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode layer that is carried on the negative electrode current collector and contains negative electrode active material particles, and the negative electrode current collector comprising an aluminum foil having an average crystal grain size of 50 μm or less or an aluminum alloy foil having an average crystal grain size of 50 μm or less. | 05-05-2011 |
20110104560 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND BATTERY MODULE - A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, having an internal resistance of 10 mΩ or less as an alternating-current impedance value of 1 kHz, comprises a metal outer container, a nonaqueous electrolyte contained in the container, a positive electrode contained in the container, a negative electrode contained in the container, a separator interposed between the negative electrode and the positive electrode, a negative electrode lead having one end connected to the negative electrode, and a negative electrode terminal attached to the outer container so as to be connected electrically to the other end of the negative electrode lead, at least the surface of the negative electrode terminal which is connected to the negative electrode lead being formed of aluminum alloy with an aluminum purity of less than 99 wt. % containing at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Mg, Cr, Mn, Cu, Si, Fe and Ni. | 05-05-2011 |
20120003527 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND BATTERY MODULE - A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, having an internal resistance of 10 mΩ or less as an alternating-current impedance value of 1 kHz, comprises a metal outer container, a nonaqueous electrolyte contained in the container, a positive electrode contained in the container, a negative electrode contained in the container, a separator interposed between the negative electrode and the positive electrode, a negative electrode lead having one end connected to the negative electrode, and a negative electrode terminal attached to the outer container so as to be connected electrically to the other end of the negative electrode lead, at least the surface of the negative electrode terminal which is connected to the negative electrode lead being formed of aluminum alloy with an aluminum purity of less than 99 wt. % containing at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Mg, Cr, Mn, Cu, Si, Fe and Ni. | 01-05-2012 |
20120270093 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY, BATTERY PACK, AND VEHICLE - According to one embodiment, a non-aqueous electrolyte battery includes an outer case, a negative electrode, a positive electrode including a current collector and a positive electrode layer formed on surface of the current collector and opposed to the negative electrode layer, and a non-aqueous electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode layer includes a layered lithium nickel cobalt manganese composite oxide and a lithium cobalt composite oxide, the positive electrode layer has a pore volume with a pore diameter of 0.01 to 1.0 μm, the pore volume being 0.06 to 0.25 mL per 1 g of a weight of the positive electrode layer, and a pore surface area within the pore volume range is 2.4 to 8 m | 10-25-2012 |
20120295151 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND BATTERY MODULE - A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, having an internal resistance of 10 mΩ or less as an alternating-current impedance value of 1 kHz, comprises a metal outer container, a nonaqueous electrolyte contained in the container, a positive electrode contained in the container, a negative electrode contained in the container, a separator interposed between the negative electrode and the positive electrode, a negative electrode lead having one end connected to the negative electrode, and a negative electrode terminal attached to the outer container so as to be connected electrically to the other end of the negative electrode lead, at least the surface of the negative electrode terminal which is connected to the negative electrode lead being formed of aluminum alloy with an aluminum purity of less than 99 wt. % containing at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Mg, Cr, Mn, Cu, Si, Fe and Ni. | 11-22-2012 |
20130252073 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND BATTERY MODULE - A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, having an internal resistance of 10 mΩ or less as an alternating-current impedance value of 1 kHz, comprises a metal outer container, a nonaqueous electrolyte contained in the container, a positive electrode contained in the container, a negative electrode contained in the container, a separator interposed between the negative electrode and the positive electrode, a negative electrode lead having one end connected to the negative electrode, and a negative electrode terminal attached to the outer container so as to be connected electrically to the other end of the negative electrode lead, at least the surface of the negative electrode terminal which is connected to the negative electrode lead being formed of aluminum alloy with an aluminum purity of less than 99 wt. % containing at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Mg, Cr, Mn, Cu, Si, Fe and Ni. | 09-26-2013 |
20130280586 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY, BATTERY PACK, AND VEHICLE - According to one embodiment, a non-aqueous electrolyte battery includes an outer case, a negative electrode, a positive electrode including a current collector and a positive electrode layer formed on surface of the current collector and opposed to the negative electrode layer, and a non-aqueous electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode layer includes a layered lithium nickel cobalt manganese composite oxide and a lithium cobalt composite oxide, the positive electrode layer has a pore volume with a pore diameter of 0.01 to 1.0 μm, the pore volume being 0.06 to 0.25 mL per 1 g of a weight of the positive electrode layer, and a pore surface area within the pore volume range is 2.4 to 8 m | 10-24-2013 |
20140134474 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND BATTERY MODULE - A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, having an internal resistance of 10 mΩ or less as an alternating-current impedance value of 1 kHz, comprises a metal outer container, a nonaqueous electrolyte contained in the container, a positive electrode contained in the container, a negative electrode contained in the container, a separator interposed between the negative electrode and the positive electrode, a negative electrode lead having one end connected to the negative electrode, and a negative electrode terminal attached to the outer container so as to be connected electrically to the other end of the negative electrode lead, at least the surface of the negative electrode terminal which is connected to the negative electrode lead being formed of aluminum alloy with an aluminum purity of less than 99 wt.% containing at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Mg, Cr, Mn, Cu, Si, Fe and Ni. | 05-15-2014 |