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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 06, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eiji Kadouchi, Toyohashi, JP;
Yuichi Watanabe, Shinagawa-ku, JP;
Megumi Kinoshita, Toyohashi, JP;
Noboru Ito, Toyohashi, JP;
Kanji Takata, Neyagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
320116 ; 320118 ; 320136 ;
Abstract
Voltage monitoring units are connected in parallel to each of battery modules constituting a battery pack, and they measure the voltages; photocouplers which receive outputs of the units as the primary inputs generate secondary outputs which are electrically insulated from the primary inputs; and the secondary outputs are transmitted to an external control apparatus.