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Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 29, 2012
Applicants:

Hiroyuki Abe, Anjo, JP;

Tetsuya Hatta, Kuwana, JP;

Inventors:

Hiroyuki Abe, Anjo, JP;

Tetsuya Hatta, Kuwana, JP;

Assignee:

NGK Insulators, Ltd., Nagoya, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H01M 10/44 (2006.01); H01M 10/39 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/44 (2013.01); H01M 10/3909 (2013.01);
Abstract

An energy amount required for charging from the remaining capacity management value to the vicinity of a charge end and an energy amount required for discharging from the remaining capacity management value to the vicinity of a discharge end are calculated. A charge/discharge energy amount available for the secondary battery is predicted. A time required to complete the correction in the vicinity of the charge end and a time required to complete the correction in the vicinity of the discharge end are predicted based on the calculated energy amount and the predicted energy amount. A correction method having the shorter predicted time of the predicted times is selected. A state of charge of the secondary battery is controlled in such a manner that the remaining capacity management value of the secondary battery is corrected by the selected correction method.


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