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Patent No.:

US 11031640 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 19, 2019

Battery pack, battery monitoring device, and vehicle

Applicant:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;

Inventors:

Masaya Murase, Nagoya, JP;

Hiromasa Tanaka, Okazaki, JP;

Assignee:

TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;

Attorney:

Sughrue Mion, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

David Luo

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/48 (2006.01); H01M 10/42 (2006.01); G01R 31/3835 (2019.01); G01R 31/396 (2019.01); G01R 31/371 (2019.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.01); B60L 50/64 (2019.01); H01M 50/20 (2021.01); B60K 6/28 (2007.10);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/482 (2013.01); B60L 50/64 (2019.02); B60L 58/12 (2019.02); G01R 31/371 (2019.01); G01R 31/3835 (2019.01); G01R 31/396 (2019.01); H01M 10/425 (2013.01); H01M 50/20 (2021.01); B60K 6/28 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/91 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/92 (2013.01); B60Y 2400/112 (2013.01); H01M 2010/4278 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

An assembled battery is constituted of a plurality of battery blocks connected in series, each battery block including a plurality of cells. SBMs are provided corresponding to the battery blocks, respectively. Each of the SBMs is configured to monitor at least one of a voltage of each cell included in a corresponding battery block, and a voltage of the corresponding battery block. A total voltage monitoring circuit is configured to monitor the total voltage of the assembled battery, separately from the SBMs.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Murase, Masaya. (2021). Battery pack, battery monitoring device, and vehicle (U.S. Patent No. 11031640). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11031640

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