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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:
Feb. 02, 2016

Filed:

May. 24, 2012
Applicants:

Shin Yamauchi, Tokyo, JP;

Motoo Futami, Tokyo, JP;

Kohei Honkura, Tokyo, JP;

Hironori Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;

Osamu Kubota, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Shin Yamauchi, Tokyo, JP;

Motoo Futami, Tokyo, JP;

Kohei Honkura, Tokyo, JP;

Hironori Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;

Osamu Kubota, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H01M 10/44 (2006.01); H01M 10/48 (2006.01); H02J 3/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/0068 (2013.01); H01M 10/441 (2013.01); H01M 10/482 (2013.01); H02J 3/32 (2013.01); H02J 7/0013 (2013.01); Y02E 40/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

In order to provide a charge/discharge technology for controlling an assembled battery system without promoting degradation or reduction in the lifetime of the assembled battery system, the assembled battery system includes a function for controlling charge and discharge power of a plurality of units each including a secondary battery and a power converter as one unit, the plurality of units being electrically connected in parallel to each other. When each unit performs charge or discharge by at least one or more times, charge and discharge of the unit are controlled so as not to be performed until a predetermined pause time period elapses.


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