Denso Corporation

The University of Tokyo

Asahi Denka Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Asahi Denka Co., Ltd.

Adeka Corporation

Naomi Awano

Yoshikazu Kusano

Manabu Yamada

Kyohei Usami

Naohiro Kubota

Hisashi Umemoto

Koji Ohira

Atsushi Fukaya

Junichi Naruse

Hironari Suzuki

Hideji Komatsu

Yasunori Takeuchi

Tadashi Sugawara

Michio M Matsushita

A plurality of conductive films are arranged so that their thickness directions intersect with respect to a direction of a magnetic flux generated from a plurality of magnetic poles. Each of the plurality of conductive films is configured so that a conductivity in a longitudinal direction is larger than a conductivity in a thickness direction, and a conductivity in a longitudinal direction is larger than a conductivity in a width direction.

Rotary machine with winding having multiple conductive films

A battery state estimating device estimates a battery state in a battery module having a plurality of secondary batteries. The battery state estimating device is configured to be able to change a number of targets which is a number of the secondary batteries subject to estimation of the battery state of the secondary battery based on a specific value acquired from the plurality of secondary batteries, or the battery state estimating device is configured to be able to change a calculation formula for estimating the battery state of the battery to a calculation formula with a small calculation load.

Battery state estimating device and power supply device

A battery state estimating device periodically estimates a battery state of a secondary battery. The battery state estimating device has a current amount acquiring section, a threshold amount memory, a current amount comparing section, a cycle setting section, and a battery state estimating section. The current amount acquiring section acquires a current amount flowing in the secondary battery. At least one current threshold amount is stored in advance in the threshold amount memory. The current amount comparing section compares the current amount acquired by the current amount acquiring section with the current threshold amount stored in the threshold amount memory. The cycle setting section sets an estimation cycle for estimating the state of the secondary battery based on this comparison result. The battery state estimating section periodically estimates the battery state of the secondary battery based on the estimation cycle set by the cycle setting section.

Battery state estimating device

A battery characteristics learning apparatus is provided for calculating learning values of circuit constants of an equivalent circuit of a rechargeable battery. The apparatus includes: (1) means for acquiring values of terminal voltage of the battery sensed by voltage-sensing means and values of current of the battery sensed by current-sensing means and storing the acquired values in time series; (2) means for determining, based on the acquired values of the current, whether there has occurred a predetermined change in the current; and (3) means for calculating, when it is determined that the predetermined change has occurred, the learning values of the circuit constants based on those values of the terminal voltage and the current which are acquired at sampling time points or during sampling periods, each of the sampling time points and the sampling periods being set according to a corresponding one of time constants defined by the circuit constants.

Battery characteristics learning apparatus

A battery control device calculates a chargeable/dischargeable electric power of a rechargeable battery at the timing after elapse of a predetermined period of time when a terminal voltage of the rechargeable battery changes by charging/discharging of the rechargeable battery during the predetermined period of time. The battery control device calculates a specific change amount of the terminal voltage caused by electric charge accumulation in the rechargeable battery after the elapse of the predetermined period of time when the charging/discharging of the rechargeable battery is performed. Further, the battery control device calculates an estimated target value of a current necessary for changing the terminal voltage to a predetermined target voltage or the terminal voltage after the elapse of the predetermined period of time by using the calculated specific change amount, and calculates chargeable/dischargeable electric power on the basis of the calculated estimated target value.

Battery control device

An active material for a secondary battery has excellent large current charge-discharge characteristic and a high energy density. The secondary battery is composed mainly of the active material having a conductive polymer compound represented by formula B or F as the positive electrode. Because this conductive polymer compound works as an active material and has conductivity per se, the use of a conductivity enhancer can be omitted, and the energy density is high. An improvement in the capacity of a secondary battery using the active material above or a decrease in the internal resistance can be realized.

Active material and a secondary battery using the active material

A nonaqueous electrolytic solution comprising an electrolyte salt dissolved in an organic solvent is disclosed. The nonaqueous electrolytic solution contains a silicon compound represented by formula (I): wherein Rrepresents an alkenyl group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms; Rand Reach represent an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms or a halogen atom; and X represents a halogen atom.

Nonaqueous electrolytic solution and nonaqueous secondary battery using the same

A nonaqueous electrolytic solution having an electrolyte salt dissolved in an organic solvent, which contains a silicon compound having an unsaturated bond which is represented by formula (I):wherein R, R, R, R, R, and Reach represent an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an alkenyl group, an alkenyloxy group, an alkynyl group, an alkynyloxy group, an aryl group or an aryloxy group, each of which may have an ether bond in the chain thereof; n represents a number of from 0 to 5; when n is 1 to 5, X represents a single bond, an oxygen atom, an alkylene group, an alkylenedioxy group, an alkenylene group, an alkenylenedioxy group, an alkynylene group, an alkynylenedioxy group, an arylene group or an arylenedioxy group; provided that at least one of R, R, R, R, R, R, and X represents a group containing an unsaturated bond, an organotin compound or an organogermanium compound and a nonaqueous secondary battery having the same.

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Kariya, Japan

Naomi Awano