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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2023
Filed:
May. 24, 2021
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventor:
Yuki Imade, Okazaki, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/388 (2019.01); G01R 31/3842 (2019.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.01); H01M 10/48 (2006.01); H01M 10/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/388 (2019.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.02); G01R 31/3842 (2019.01); H01M 10/4207 (2013.01); H01M 10/482 (2013.01); H01M 10/486 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ECU performs processing including obtaining a current in a battery assembly, calculating a current in each battery, calculating an SOC of each battery, calculating an OCV of each battery, calculating ΔOCV, calculating an average value Ave of ΔOCVs, carrying out current restriction control when the average value Ave exceeds a first range and exceeds a second range, providing a warning signal when the average value Ave does not exceed the second range, and carrying out normal current control when the average value Ave does not exceed the first range.