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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2013
Applicants:
Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc., Shiga, JP;
Inventor:
Shinichi Nomoto, Tokyo, JP;
Assignees:
FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC., Shiga, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/44 (2006.01); H01M 10/46 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H01M 10/48 (2006.01); G01R 31/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/0052 (2013.01); G01R 31/3624 (2013.01); H01M 10/48 (2013.01); G01R 31/3651 (2013.01); G01R 31/3662 (2013.01); G01R 31/3679 (2013.01); H02J 7/0047 (2013.01); H02J 2007/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
A charge acceptance limit determination apparatus includes a voltage measuring unit that measures a voltage of a secondary battery, a current measuring unit that measures an electric current flowing through the secondary battery, and a determining unit that determines whether or not the secondary battery has reached a charge acceptance limit in accordance with a position on a current-voltage plane of a voltage value and a current value that are measured by the voltage measuring unit and the current measuring unit.