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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2015
Hitachi, Ltd., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd., Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki, JP;
Kenji Kubo, Hitachi, JP;
Akihiko Kudo, Hitachinaka, JP;
Mutsumi Kikuchi, Mito, JP;
Akihiko Emori, Hitachi, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd., Hitachinaka-shi, JP;
Abstract
A battery system for vehicle comprises a battery unit that is constituted with a plurality of serially connected cell groups each include a plurality of serially connected battery cells, integrated circuits that are each disposed in correspondence to one of the cell groups of the battery unit and each measure terminal voltages at the battery cells in the corresponding cell group, and a signal transmission path through which one of the integrated circuits is connected to another one of the integrated circuits or to a circuit other than that of the integrated circuits.