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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2011
Applicant:
Masanobu Mera, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Masanobu Mera, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
The Japan Research Institute, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H05K 7/14 (2006.01); B60K 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A charge control apparatus for controlling how to charge a battery unit having a plurality of batteries connected in series, includes a connection control section that divides the batteries into a plurality of groups of batteries by switching connections between the batteries, according to a received current amount indicative of an amount of a current that can be received from one or more external power sources, and a charge control section that charges the groups of batteries in parallel with power received from the external power sources.