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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2022
Applicants:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Subaru Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignees:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2005.12); B60L 58/22 (2018.12); H01M 10/42 (2005.12); H02J 7/14 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/425 (2012.12); B60L 58/22 (2019.01); H02J 7/0019 (2012.12); H02J 7/1423 (2012.12); B60L 2240/547 (2012.12); H01M 2010/4271 (2012.12); H01M 2220/20 (2012.12);
Abstract
A battery system comprises a battery pack, an equalization unit, and a battery ECU. The battery pack includes a plurality of blocks connected in series. The equalization unit performs equalization control to equalize the plurality of blocks in voltage. The battery ECU obtains a determined equalization time, and controls the equalization unit to end the equalization control when the equalization time has elapsed since the equalization control was started.