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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2022
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Junta Izumi, Nagoya, JP;
Kenji Kimura, Nagoya, JP;
Masakazu Habu, Toyota, JP;
Masanosuke Sufu, Toyota, JP;
Makito Muramatsu, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
The battery cellar includes a storage cabinet that stores a plurality of batteries, an AC/DC converter and a DC/DC converter electrically connected between the plurality of used batteries stored in the storage cabinet and a power system, and a server that controls the AC/DC converter and the DC/DC converter. The server controls the AC/DC converter and the DC/DC converter in response to a demand response request from the power system, and evaluates a degradation degree of each of the plurality of used batteries based on a voltage and a current of each of the plurality of used batteries charged or discharged by the AC/DC converter and the DC/DC converter.