The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.

Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc.

Dic Corporation

Tokyo Institute of Technology

Akira Oono

Junichi Hanna

Hiroaki Iino

Kimiko Fujisawa

Takayuki Usui

Yukiko Takayashiki

Takeo Kobori

Noriyasu Iwane

Etsuzo Sato

Takayuki Morikawa

Taiji Mitsuyama

Naotaka Uchino

Hirokazu Narui

A chargeable battery abnormality detection apparatus configured to detect an abnormality of a chargeable battery includes a processor; and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor, wherein the processor performs the following when executing instructions: calculating a value of an internal resistance of the chargeable battery; determining whether the chargeable battery is being charged or being discharged; determining that an abnormality has occurred in the chargeable battery if either one of the following occurs: the calculated value of the internal resistance decreases while the chargeable battery is being discharged; and the calculated value of the internal resistance increases while the chargeable battery is being charged; and outputting a determination result of the abnormality.

Chargeable battery abnormality detection apparatus and chargeable battery abnormality detection method

A secondary battery deterioration estimation device includes receiving a first signal representing a discharging voltage; receiving a second signal representing a discharging current from a current sensor; calculating values of elements forming an equivalent circuit of the secondary battery based on the first and second signals; calculating a state of health (SOH) of the secondary battery based on the values of the elements forming the equivalent circuit; generating history information showing history of a use state of the secondary battery; calculating the SOH of the secondary battery based on the history information; determining a deterioration state of the secondary battery with reference to at least one of the SOH calculated by the values of the elements or the SOH calculated by the history information by the processor in accordance with a state of the secondary battery; and outputting data representing the deterioration state of the secondary battery.

Device for estimating degradation of secondary cell, and method for estimating degradation of secondary cell

The purpose of the present invention is to provide an organic semiconductor material having liquid crystallinity and high electron mobility. The present invention is an organic semiconductor material having at least a charge-transporting molecular unit (A) having a structure of an aromatic fused ring system and a cyclic structural unit (B) bonded to the aforementioned unit via a single bond, wherein the unit (A) and/or the unit (B) has a side chain composed of a unit (C), and wherein the organic semiconductor material exhibits a liquid crystal phase that is different from an N-phase, an SmA-phase or an SmC-phase.

Organic semiconductor material

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Tokyo, Japan

Akira Oono