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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2014
Gs Yuasa International Ltd., Kyoto-shi, JP;
Katsuhisa Michinaga, Kyoto, JP;
Takumi Kimura, Kyoto, JP;
Shigenori Kikuta, Kyoto, JP;
Kazuo Kawarabayashi, Kyoto, JP;
Nasa Tomozoe, Kyoto, JP;
GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD., Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
An energy storage unit connection information acquiring apparatus that acquires information for connecting a plurality of energy storage units in parallel, each energy storage unit including one or more energy storage elements connected in series, the connection information acquiring apparatus including: a connectable range acquiring unit that acquires a connectable range by determining the connectable range that is a range of energy storage units that can be connected in parallel among the plurality of energy storage units; and a charge/discharge information acquiring unit that acquires information for charging or discharging a connected energy storage unit group such that at least one energy storage unit outside the connectable range can be connected in parallel to the connected energy storage unit group that is composed of the energy storage units in the connectable range that are connected in parallel.