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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 14, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Takashi Imaseki, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
320116 ; 320122 ; 320162 ;
Abstract
For a charge to a serial connection or a series-parallel connection of secondary cells or modules thereof, a charger controllable for a reduction of charge current with a response time and bypass circuits each respectively connected in parallel to a corresponding one of the cells or modules are controlled such that a voltage of the corresponding cell or the corresponding module is predicted of a time point after a lapse of the response time, and the reduction of charge current is started when the predicted voltage has reached an upper limit voltage set therefor.