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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2019
Japan Tobacco Inc., Tokyo, JP;
JAPAN TOBACCO INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A battery unit includes a power source; a detection part for detecting an output voltage of the power source; a connection part to which a load for atomizing an aerosol source or heating a flavor source and a charger for charging the power source are connectable; and a control part being able to execute a power supplying mode that allows supply of electric power from the power source to the load and a charging mode that allows charging of the power source by the charger, wherein if a decreased quantity of the output voltage per predetermined period in the charging mode is equal to or less than a threshold value that has been set based on a decreased quantity of the output voltage per the predetermined period in the power supplying mode, the control part determines that there is abnormality in the charging mode.