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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2020
Applicant:
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Daito, JP;
Inventors:
Atsushi Suyama, Osaka, JP;
Junpei Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
PANASONIC ENERGY CO., LTD., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H01M 10/42 (2006.01); H01M 10/44 (2006.01); H01M 10/48 (2006.01); H02J 7/34 (2006.01); G06F 11/07 (2006.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01); G06F 11/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/0029 (2013.01); H01M 10/425 (2013.01); H01M 10/44 (2013.01); H01M 10/486 (2013.01); H02J 7/0013 (2013.01); H02J 7/0031 (2013.01); H02J 7/0047 (2013.01); H02J 7/007 (2013.01); H02J 7/342 (2020.01); G06F 11/0721 (2013.01); G06F 11/0736 (2013.01); G06F 11/0742 (2013.01); G06F 11/1479 (2013.01); G06F 11/1629 (2013.01); G06F 11/1637 (2013.01);
Abstract
A battery pack includes a current detector configured to detect a charging current to secondary battery, a drive circuit configured to drives a charge switch based on the charging current detected by the current detector, a charge controller configured to control operation of the charge switch by the drive circuit, a monitoring unit configured to monitor operation of charge controller, and a judging unit configured to instruct, based on the charge controller and the monitoring unit, the charge switch to be able to or unable to operate.