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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2011
Applicant:
Tetsuya Kobayashi, Anjo, JP;
Inventor:
Tetsuya Kobayashi, Anjo, JP;
Assignee:
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H01M 10/48 (2006.01); H01M 10/42 (2006.01); G01R 19/165 (2006.01); G01R 31/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/482 (2013.01); Y02E 60/12 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7055 (2013.01); H01M 2010/4271 (2013.01); G01R 19/16542 (2013.01); H02J 7/0021 (2013.01); G01R 31/3658 (2013.01); H02J 7/0019 (2013.01); G01R 31/362 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus is provided, which monitors an operation state of a battery composed of a plurality of cells mutually connected in series. In this apparatus, a cell voltage of each of the plurality of cells is detected as information indicating an operation state of the battery. Based on the detected cell voltages, an operation state is monitored for a cell having a highest cell voltage and a cell having a lowest cell voltage among the plurality of cells.