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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2008
Applicant:
Kazuhide Ashida, Saku, JP;
Inventor:
Kazuhide Ashida, Saku, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/04 (2006.01); H02J 7/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A battery pack includes: a plurality of rechargeable batteries (to) connected in series or in parallel; a voltage detector () for detecting voltages of the respective batteries; a calculator () for calculating optimal charging current values based on the voltages of the respective batteries detected by the voltage detector so as to recharge the respective batteries; and a communicator () for transmitting the charging current values calculated by the calculator to a battery charger ().