Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Mitsui Minings & Melting Co., Ltd.

Matsushita Electric Indus. Co. Ltd.

Kanji Takata

Yuichi Watanabe

Noboru Ito

Eiji Kadouchi

Megumi Kinoshita

Shinji Hamada

Munehisa Ikoma

Hiromu Matsuda

Akira Miura

Ryoji Okazaki

Akinori Yokota

Shuji Ito

Yoshinori Toyoguchi

Yasuhiko Bito

Keiichi Kagawa

Toyohide Uemura

Tsukasa Ohira

Shigeko Takahashi

Voltage monitoring units are connected in parallel to each of battery modules constituting a battery pack, and they measure the voltages; photocouplers which receive outputs of the units as the primary inputs generate secondary outputs which are electrically insulated from the primary inputs; and the secondary outputs are transmitted to an external control apparatus.

Monitoring apparatus for a series assembly of battery modules

Condition managing system of storage battery for a movable body

In a method of detecting deterioration of a battery pack consisting of a series assembly of a plurality of battery modules during charging, on the basis of a voltage difference between a plurality of battery modules, deterioration detection is inhibited until a predetermined capacity is charged after starting of the charge. Also, in a detection apparatus for deterioration in a battery pack according to the present invention, a deterioration reference discharge voltage value which should correspond to a discharge current value and a temperature value is calculated on the basis of reference data, and the deterioration reference discharge voltage value is compared with an actual discharge voltage value to judge whether deterioration occurs or not.

Apparatus for detecting battery pack deterioration during discharge mode

A sealed storage battery has a rectangular casing (3) and a lid (2) of synthetic resin, which are connected by welding so as to seal an opening of the rectangular casing (3), and protruded portion on the outer welded portion (5) is removed and smoothed so that air as a cooling module is smoothly flown in spaces formed by ribs (4) on the battery casing (3) and the lid (2).

Sealed storage battery and method for manufacturing the same

A battery pack is charged while being cooled by passing forced air therethrough. During charging, battery temperature and air temperature of air exhausted from the battery modules by the forced air cooling process are measured, and the difference between the battery temperature and the air temperature is calculated. The difference is added to an amount of change of the battery temperature per unit time to obtain a rate of change of battery temperature. When the rate of change exceeds a predetermined value, charging of the battery pack is controlled. In this manner, the battery temperature rise is correctly detected so that the battery pack can be fully charged without being damaged.

Charge control apparatus for battery pack which uses rate of change of

A module battery of sealed alkaline storage battery comprises a plurality of cells stacked in one direction each of which comprises a battery casing of a synthetic resin, an electrolyte and an electrode group accommodated in the battery casing and a lid with a safety bent sealingly fitted to the opening of the battery casing; wherein the cells are bound in the direction of stacking by binding members for coupling the end plates at the ends of the stacked battery assembly to each other; the cells are butted to each other by a plurality of parallel ribs formed on the outer surface of the battery casing along the direction of stacking thereby to form spaces for allowing air flow between the cells, a thickness of the side wall of the battery casing along the direction of stacking is 1 to 3 mm, a rib height 1 to 2 mm, a rib interval 10 to 15 mm, and a rib width 3 to 10 mm.

Cell and module battery of sealed alkaline storage battery

A solid-state voltage storage cell is provided which includes a pair of electrodes and a silver-ion conductive solid electrolyte layer disposed therebetween, wherein each of the electrodes is composed of a composition comprising a silver-ion conductive solid electrolyte, a compound oxide of the formula Ag.sub.x V.sub.2 O.sub.5 (0.6.ltoreq.x.ltoreq.0.8) as an electrode active material, and an electron conductive material which is electrochemically inactive with the compound oxide.

Solid-state voltage storage cell

This invention uses as the anode active material a zinc alloy containing Ni, at least one element selected from In, Pb, Ga and Cd and, optionally further, one element selected from Al, Mg, Ca, Ba and Sr for the anode of a conventional zinc-alkaline battery which employs zinc as the anode active material, aqueous alkaline solution as the electrolyte, and manganese dioxide, silver oxide, oxygen and so forth as the cathode active material. The use of such zinc alloy permits the reduction of the amount of mercury to be used for amalgamation of the anode zinc surface which is made for the purpose of corrosion inhibition, thereby enabling the provision of a low-pollution zinc-alkaline battery.

Zinc-alkaline battery

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Neyagawa, Japan

Kanji Takata