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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2020
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, JP;
Kazuto Kuroda, Tokyo, JP;
Jun Takahashi, Kunitachi, JP;
Yosuke Saeki, Hino, JP;
Ryo Okabe, Hino, JP;
Shinya Sato, Kawasaki, JP;
Keita Nakata, Kawasaki, JP;
Atsushi Inamura, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Sekino, Tokyo, JP;
Minoru Oota, Tokyo, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus according to one embodiment includes a positive and a negative electrode terminals; modules each including an assembled battery and a CMU, the assembled battery including cells, the CMU to detect a voltage and a temperature of the assembled battery; a main circuit for electrical connection between terminals of the modules and the positive and negative electrode terminals; a BMU to receive information about the voltage and the temperature from the respective CMU; a supply circuit to convert DC power from the main circuit and supply the converted power to the BMU; a breaker for interrupting the main circuit; and a circuit to block a current flowing through the main circuit in a direction of charging the modules, in response to a stop of a control signal from the BMU.