Storage battery loaded onto vehicle

• US 20040239502A1
• Filed: 03/11/2004
• Published: 12/02/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: GS Yuasa Corporation
• Original Assignee: GS Yuasa Corporation
• Inventors: Tanaka, Susumu, Yamauchi, Kenji, Tsunoda, Hiroshi, Kawada, Hiroyasu, Imamura, Tomohiro, Kawakita, Kenzou, Inakura, Masamichi
• Application Number:
  US10/489,393
• Publication Number:
  US 20040239502A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/568.1
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/48 Accumulators combined with arrangements for measuring, testing or indicating the condition of cells, e.g. the level or density of the electrolyte constructional details of current conducting connections for detecting conditions inside cells or batteries, e.g. details of voltage sensing terminals, H01M50/569
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/576 in response to theft
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

The present invention provides an electronic control unit, and particularly provides a storage battery that includes a burglary prevention device for storage battery loading equipment and for the storage battery loaded onto the storage battery loading equipment. The burglary prevention device includes a burglary sensor for detecting a burglar, and a burglary prevention signal output unit for outputting a signal that prevents the burglary when the burglary sensor detects the burglary.

Claims

1. a storage battery for a vehicle, characterized in including an electronic control device that is incorporated in the storage battery, or is detachably provided to the storage battery.

2. The storage battery according to claim 1, characterized in that the storage battery functions as a power supply that supplies power to the electronic control device.

3. The storage battery according to claim 2, characterized in that the storage battery includes a space provided on a surface of the storage battery, the electronic control device is attached to the space, and an output terminal for connecting to an input terminal of the electronic control device is provided on an inner wall of the space.

4. The storage battery according to claim 2, characterized in that the storage battery includes a lock system or a warning system for preventing the electronic control device from being wrongly removed from the storage battery.

5. The storage battery according to claim 1, characterized in that the storage battery includes a burglary prevention device for storage battery loading equipment and/or for the storage battery loaded onto the storage battery loading equipment, and/or includes a storage battery service life warning device.

6. The storage battery according to claim 5, characterized in that the burglary prevention device includes a burglary sensor for detecting a burglary, and a burglary prevention signal output unit that outputs a signal for prevention of the burglary when the burglary sensor detects the burglary.

7. The storage battery according to claim 6, characterized in that the burglary sensor includes a storage battery voltage/current detection unit for detecting a voltage and/or a current of the storage battery, and the burglary sensor detects a burglary based on a change in the voltage and/or the current of the storage battery detected by the storage battery voltage/current detection unit.

8. The storage battery according to claim 6, characterized in that the burglary sensor includes an acceleration detection unit for detecting an acceleration of the storage battery, and detects a burglary based on information of the acceleration of the storage battery detected by the acceleration detection unit.

9. The storage battery according to claim 6, characterized in that the burglary sensor includes a position detection unit for detecting a position of the storage battery, and the burglary sensor detects a burglary based on information of the position of the storage battery detected by the position detection unit.

10. The storage battery loaded onto a vehicle according to claim 6, characterized in that when the storage battery loading equipment is a vehicle, the burglary prevention signal output unit includes an engine stop signal generation unit for generating an engine stop signal that causes an engine of the vehicle to be stopped,

and the burglary prevention signal output unit outputs the engine stop signal generated by the engine stop signal generation unit to an engine control unit of the engine.

11. The storage battery according to claim 6, characterized in that the burglary prevention signal output unit includes a calling signal generation unit for generating a calling signal that calls a mobile communication terminal or a fixed communication terminal,

and the burglary prevention signal output unit outputs the calling signal generated by the calling signal generation unit to a burglary prevention signal output terminal to which a radio transmitter is connected.

12. The storage battery according to claim 6, characterized in that the burglary prevention signal output unit includes an electric shock signal generation unit for generating an electric shock signal,

and the burglary prevention signal output unit outputs the electric shock signal generated by the electric shock signal generation unit.

13. The storage battery according to claim 6, characterized in that when the storage battery loading equipment is a vehicle, the burglary prevention signal output unit includes a steering wheel lock signal generation unit for generating a steering wheel lock signal that causes a steering wheel to be locked,

and the burglary prevention signal output unit outputs the steering wheel lock signal generated by the steering wheel lock signal generation unit.

14. The storage battery according to claim 6, characterized in that when the storage battery loading equipment is a vehicle, the burglary prevention signal output unit includes an extraordinary vehicle state signal generation unit for generating an extraordinary vehicle state signal so that a state of the vehicle can be recognized as extraordinary from outside the vehicle,

and the burglary prevention signal output unit outputs the extraordinary vehicle state signal generated by the extraordinary vehicle state signal generation unit.

15. The storage battery according to claim 6, characterized in that the burglary prevention device includes a key group panel that can be operated from the outside, and an operation start/stop control unit for controlling operation start or operation stop of the burglary prevention device,

and when a predetermined combination of numbers is input using the key group panel, the operation start/stop control unit performs the operation start or the operation stop of the burglary prevention device.

16. The storage battery according to claim 6, characterized in that the burglary prevention device includes a control signal input terminal to which a signal received by a radio receiver is provided, and an operation start/stop control unit for controlling operation start or operation stop of the burglary prevention device,

and the control signal provided via the control signal input terminal controls the operation start/stop control unit so as to control the operation start or the operation stop of the burglary prevention device.