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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2016
Primearth Ev Energy Co., Ltd., Kosai-shi, Shizuoka, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Daisuke Koba, Toyohashi, JP;
Shinichiro Ito, Kosai, JP;
Yasushi Nakagiri, Kyotanabe, JP;
Tamotsu Fukuma, Kosai, JP;
Kouichi Ichikawa, Kasugai, JP;
Yasuhiro Takahashi, Miyoshi, JP;
Masahiko Mitsui, Toyota, JP;
PRIMEARTH EV ENERGY CO., LTD., Kosai-Shi, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-Shi, JP;
Abstract
A method for reusing a vehicle rechargeable battery to rebuild an assembled battery from a plurality of battery units having a usage history is provided. The method includes measuring a remaining charge of each of a plurality of battery units obtained by dismantling an assembled battery having a usage history. The method further includes selecting from the battery units a battery unit in which the measured remaining charge is greater than or equal to a remaining charge lower limit value, which is set in a range that is greater than zero and less than a lower limit value of a remaining charge control range of a vehicle in which the assembled battery was installed, and assembling a new assembled battery using the selected battery unit.