Tokin Corporation

Akio Hasebe

Takahiko Ito

Etsuo Otsuki

Sumiko Seki

Kazuya Mori

Hiroshi Momotani

Kikuo Tsuruga

Tamiko Takeuchi

An energy adjusting device is provided which transfers energy charged in an arbitrary cell to the input/output terminals of a unit energy storage device. The energy adjusting device includes a transformer having a plurality of primary coils and a secondary coil mutually coupled magnetically but electrically insulated, switching circuits which open and close the circuits of the primary coils of the transformer connected to the arbitrary cell, a circuit connecting the secondary coil of the transformer via a rectifying circuit to the input/output terminals of the unit energy storage device, and a control circuit which, by operating the switching circuits, adjusts the amount of energy stored in the cells to a specific ratio with respect to the amount of energy stored by the unit energy storage device.

Electric energy storage device with cell energy control, and method of controlling cell energy

In a method for charging a secondary battery having a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte, a pulsed current is supplied to the secondary battery to make the pulsed current flow between the positive electrode and the negative electrode through the electrolyte to thereby charge the secondary battery. The pulsed current comprises positive pulse current which has a positive pulse amplitude corresponding to a first current density of 1 .mu.A/cm.sup.2 to 100 mA/cm.sup.2 in the positive electrode. However, the pulsed current may include a negative pulse current following after each positive pulse and having a negative amplitude corresponding to a second current density not greater than a quarter of the first current density.

Method and apparatus for charging a secondary battery by supplying

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Akio Hasebe