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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2022

Filed:

Jan. 17, 2019
Applicant:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;

Inventor:

Tomoya Ono, Toyota, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 58/19 (2019.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 3/00 (2019.01); H02J 7/14 (2006.01); H01M 10/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 58/19 (2019.02); B60L 3/0015 (2013.01); B60L 3/0046 (2013.01); B60L 3/0092 (2013.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.02); H02J 7/0024 (2013.01); B60L 2240/36 (2013.01); H01M 10/482 (2013.01); H02J 7/0049 (2020.01); H02J 7/1438 (2013.01);
Abstract

A battery system including: a plurality of battery modules; a plurality of switches arranged in a circuit including the plurality of the battery modules, the plurality of the switches being configured to switch connection of the battery modules between a series state and a parallel state; a storage device that stores at least one abnormality pattern; and a control device configured to: i) control switching of each of the plurality of the switches; and ii) control switching of the switches other than the predetermined switch such that the battery modules rue not in a short-circuited state using the abnormality pattern when the predetermined switch is unable to be controlled.


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