MULTI-CELL BATTERY SYSTEM, AND MANAGEMENT NUMBER NUMBERING METHOD

• US 20100052428A1
• Filed: 09/02/2009
• Published: 03/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/03/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Omron Automotive Electronics Company Limited (Nidec Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Omron Corporation
• Inventors: Imamura, Kimihiko, Ando, Masanori, Okaniwa, Masakazu
• Application Number:
  US12/552,931
• Publication Number:
  US 20100052428A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 307/77
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/4207 for several batteries or cells simultaneously or sequentially
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/425 Structural combination with electronic components, e.g. electronic circuits integrated to the outside of the casing printed circuits H05K1/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/482 for several batteries or cells simultaneously or sequentially
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

A multi-cell battery system includes a plurality of modules connected in series, each of the modules comprising a battery cell and a slave for monitoring a state of the battery cell, and a master for monitoring the state of the battery cell by communicating with the slave of each of the plurality of modules. The master transmits, in order, to the plurality of modules a series of numbers to be numbered on each module as a numbering signal. Each of the plurality of modules numbers the series of numbers in the series-connected order by receiving the numbering signal from the master and executing numbering based on number information contained in the numbering signal when receiving a numbering reception request signal for executing the numbering, and transmitting the numbering reception request signal to a module of a next stage in the series when the numbering is completed.

Claims

1. A multi-cell battery system comprising:

a plurality of modules connected in series, each of the modules comprising a battery cell and a slave for monitoring a state of the battery cell; and

a master for monitoring the state of the battery cell by communicating with the slave of each of the plurality of modules;

wherein the master transmits, in order, to the plurality of modules a series of numbers to be numbered on each module as a numbering signal; and

wherein each of the plurality of modules numbers the series of numbers in the series-connected order by receiving the numbering signal from the master and executing numbering based on number information contained in the numbering signal when receiving a numbering reception request signal for executing the numbering, and transmitting the numbering reception request signal to a module of a next stage in the series when the numbering is completed.

2. The multi-cell battery system according to claim 1, wherein, if the numbering is not completed within a certain time in one of the plurality of modules, the master determines that abnormality occurred in the module.

3. The multi-cell battery system according to claim 2,

wherein each of the plurality of modules returns a numbering complete signal to the master when the numbering is completed;

and

wherein the master determines that the numbering at the module that returned the numbering complete signal is completed if the numbering complete signal is received within a certain time, and determines that abnormality occurred in the module if the numbering complete signal is not received within the certain time.

4. The multi-cell battery system according to claim 1, wherein when the master determines that abnormality occurred in one of the plurality of modules, the master and the plurality of modules again execute the operation of numbering the series of numbers to the plurality of modules.

5. The multi-cell battery system according to claim 1,

wherein the numbering reception request signal is a signal that becomes effective when rising from Low level to High level, and is transmitted via a signal line connecting the modules in the series-connected order;

and

wherein the numbering signal is transmitted from the master to the plurality of modules via a communication line for commonly connecting the master and the plurality of modules.

6. The multi-cell battery system according to claim 5, wherein the numbering complete signal is transmitted from each of the plurality of modules to the master via the communication line.

8. The multi-cell battery system according to claim 2, wherein when the master determines that abnormality occurred in one of the plurality of modules, the master and the plurality of modules again execute the operation of numbering the series of numbers to the plurality of modules.

9. The multi-cell battery system according to claim 3, wherein when the master determines that abnormality occurred in one of the plurality of modules, the master and the plurality of modules again execute the operation of numbering the series of numbers to the plurality of modules.

10. The multi-cell battery system according to claim 2,

wherein the numbering reception request signal is a signal that becomes effective when rising from Low level to High level, and is transmitted via a signal line connecting the modules in the series-connected order;

and

wherein the numbering signal is transmitted from the master to the plurality of modules via a communication line for commonly connecting the master and the plurality of modules.

11. The multi-cell battery system according to claim 3,

wherein the numbering reception request signal is a signal that becomes effective when rising from Low level to High level, and is transmitted via a signal line connecting the modules in the series-connected order;

and

wherein the numbering signal is transmitted from the master to the plurality of modules via a communication line for commonly connecting the master and the plurality of modules.

12. The multi-cell battery system according to claim 4,

wherein the numbering reception request signal is a signal that becomes effective when rising from Low level to High level, and is transmitted via a signal line connecting the modules in the series-connected order;

and

wherein the numbering signal is transmitted from the master to the plurality of modules via a communication line for commonly connecting the master and the plurality of modules.

7. A management number numbering method for a multi-cell battery system comprising a plurality of modules, each of the modules being connected in series and comprising a battery cell and a slave for monitoring a state of the battery cell, and a master for monitoring the state of the battery cell by communicating with the slave of each of the plurality of modules, the method comprising:

using the master to transmit, in order, a series of numbers to be numbered on each of the plurality of modules as a numbering signal from the master to the plurality of modules; and

using the plurality of modules to;

receive the numbering signal from the master when receiving a numbering reception request signal for executing the numbering,

execute the numbering based on number information contained in the received numbering signal, and

transmit the numbering reception request signal to a module of a next stage, which is connected in series, when the numbering is completed.