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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2012
Keita Hatanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Sho Shiraga, Tokyo, JP;
Toshihiro Wada, Tokyo, JP;
Shoji Yoshioka, Tokyo, JP;
Keita Hatanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Sho Shiraga, Tokyo, JP;
Toshihiro Wada, Tokyo, JP;
Shoji Yoshioka, Tokyo, JP;
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A battery-condition monitoring device that monitors a condition of the battery through discharge thereof includes a discharger and a discharge control device. The discharger includes a discharge circuit having a load resistor and a switching element connected in series between a positive electrode of the battery and a negative electrode thereof. The discharge control device controls an open/close operation of the switching element. The discharge control device adjusts the resistance value of the load resistor in the discharger, thereby enabling an adjustment of a discharge current.