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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
May. 01, 2012
Applicant:
Jun Kikuchi, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Jun Kikuchi, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); H01M 10/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/0063 (2013.01); B60L 11/1853 (2013.01); B60L 11/1866 (2013.01); H01M 10/441 (2013.01); H02J 7/0018 (2013.01); B60L 2240/547 (2013.01); B60L 2240/549 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7005 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7055 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7061 (2013.01); Y02T 90/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
A battery block for use in a power source system including battery blocks is provided with: a secondary battery; a communication circuit which outputs voltage information outside, the voltage information relating to a terminal voltage Vt of the secondary battery; a communication circuit which acquires the voltage information output from another battery block as other voltage information; and a discharge controller which discharges the secondary battery in a host battery block when a host voltage, which is the terminal voltage Vt of the secondary battery in the host battery block, is higher than a terminal voltage indicated by the other voltage information.