Rechargeable battery life judging method

• US 20060113959A1
• Filed: 11/28/2005
• Published: 06/01/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sanyo Electric Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sanyo Electric Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Honma, Hisanori
• Application Number:
  US11/287,211
• Publication Number:
  US 20060113959A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 320/128
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/374 with means for correcting the measurement for temperature or ageing
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/382 Arrangements for monitoring battery or accumulator variables, e.g. SoC
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/389 Measuring internal impedance, internal conductance or related variables

Abstract

In a method of judging the life of a rechargeable battery, the rechargeable battery being used while charge and discharge are repeatedly performed therefor, an internal resistance (R) is measured in a state in which a remaining power of the rechargeable battery during a charge phase of the rechargeable battery becomes in the range of 30 to 85% of the capacity in a full charge state, and the life of the rechargeable battery is judged based on a change of the value of the internal resistance (R) with passage of time.

Claims

1. A method of judging the life of a rechargeable battery, said rechargeable battery being used while charge and discharge are repeatedly performed therefor,

wherein when said rechargeable battery is charged with electricity, an internal resistance of said rechargeable battery is measured in a state in which a remaining power of said rechargeable battery has a predetermined capacity, and the value of the internal resistance with passage of time is obtained, thereby judging the life of said rechargeable battery based on the change of the value of the internal resistance with passage of time.

2. The method of judging the life of a rechargeable battery according to claim 1, wherein when the remaining power of said rechargeable battery during a full charge phase is set as 100%, the predetermined capacity is equal to or larger than 30%, but equal to or smaller than 93%.

3. The method of judging the life of a rechargeable battery according to claim 1, wherein when the remaining power of said rechargeable battery during a full charge phase is set as 100%, the predetermined capacity is equal to or larger than 30%, but equal to or smaller than 85%.