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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015

Filed:

Apr. 19, 2012
Applicants:

Koichi Mukai, Tochigi, JP;

Yuji Furuuchi, Tochigi, JP;

Toshiaki Araki, Tochigi, JP;

Chisato Komori, Tochigi, JP;

Koji Ejima, Tochigi, JP;

Takashi Fujihata, Tochigi, JP;

Inventors:

Koichi Mukai, Tochigi, JP;

Yuji Furuuchi, Tochigi, JP;

Toshiaki Araki, Tochigi, JP;

Chisato Komori, Tochigi, JP;

Koji Ejima, Tochigi, JP;

Takashi Fujihata, Tochigi, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H01M 10/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/0031 (2013.01); H01M 10/441 (2013.01); H02J 7/007 (2013.01); H02J 7/0021 (2013.01);
Abstract

A charging/discharging control device that can protect a chargeable/dischargeable battery cell from an excess current state while preventing the device from being increased in scale and from being complex. The charging/discharging control device includes: switches that are connected in parallel on current paths between a battery and a positive terminal of a battery pack; a switching control unit that switches between a charging current path and a discharging current path; a protective element that fuses the charging current path when a current value of the charging current path flowing through the switch exceeds a first fusing current value; and a protective element that fuses the discharging current path when a current value of the discharging current path flowing through the switch exceeds a second fusing current value higher than the first fusing current value.


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