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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2020
Applicant:
Makita Corporation, Anjo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
MAKITA CORPORATION, Anjo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/42 (2006.01); H01M 10/44 (2006.01); H01M 10/48 (2006.01); G01R 31/3828 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/425 (2013.01); G01R 31/3828 (2019.01); H01M 10/44 (2013.01); H01M 10/486 (2013.01); H01M 2010/4278 (2013.01);
Abstract
A battery pack in one aspect of the present disclosure includes a battery and a controller provided with a counter value. During discharge of the battery pack, the controller calculates an addition value in accordance with a total number of use of the battery pack under a specified condition. The controller updates the counter value by adding the addition value. The controller prohibits the discharge of the battery pack in response to the counter value reaching a protection threshold.