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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2015
Masami Takai, Tokyo, JP;
Masami Takai, Tokyo, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A storage status adjusting circuit includes a first switching unit configured to switch between energy accumulation in a first coil and energy release from the first coil to any one of electric storage devices in a first assembled electric storage device having a plurality of the electric storage devices, a second switching unit configured to switch between energy accumulation in a second coil and energy release from the second coil to any one of the electric storage devices in a second assembled electric storage device having a plurality of the electric storage devices, and a changing unit configured to change a potential difference between both ends of the first coil and a potential difference between both ends of the second coil based on storage statuses of the first assembled electric storage device and the second assembled electric storage device, when energy is accumulated in the first coil and the second coil.