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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2015
Masami Takai, Tokyo, JP;
Masami Takai, Tokyo, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of controlling a switch circuit which includes n (n is a natural number greater than or equal to 3) switching units configured to respectively connect n storage batteries, which are connected in series, with n coils, wherein the n storage batteries have respective potential differences between opposite ends thereof, the method includes the step of: controlling the switching units corresponding to k (k is a natural number wherein 1<k<n) storage batteries, which are secondary batteries other than a secondary battery having the largest potential difference among the potential differences of the n storage batteries, to connect the k storage batteries with respective k coils.