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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2016
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Junpei Nakayama, Matsumoto, JP;
Ryohei Horita, Matsumoto, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/0065 (2013.01); H02J 7/0024 (2013.01);
Abstract
A power source is configured to include a plurality of batteries and a switching circuit that switches a state to and from a first state in which the electric power is supplied to the outside by the plurality of batteries being connected in series and a second state in which the electric power is supplied to the outside using remaining batteries without using a part of the plurality of batteries.