Apparatus for regulating state of charge of cells of battery set
First Claim
1. An apparatus for regulating a state of charge of each of cells of a battery set wherein the cells are serially connected to each other, comprising:
- an open-circuit voltage detection circuit detecting an open-circuit voltage of each of said cells;
a plurality of discharge circuits respectively connected to each of said cells;
a plurality of discharge circuits respectively connected to each of said cells so as to discharge an electric charge charged in a corresponding one of said cells; and
a control circuit which unifies a state of charge of each of said cells, utilizing a corresponding one of said plurality of discharge circuits, based on said open-circuit voltage of each of said cells detected by said detection circuit.
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Abstract
There is disclosed an apparatus for precisely regulating, with a simple structure, a state of charge of each of cells constituting a battery set. In the apparatus, a detection circuit, a plurality of discharge circuit connected to corresponding one of the cells, respectively, and a control circuit are provided. The detection circuit detects open-circuit voltage of each of the plurality of cells, the plurality of discharge circuit discharges a charging electricity charged in the cells, and the control circuit controls to uniform the state of charge of each of the cells, utilizing the discharge circuit respectively corresponding to each of the cells, based on the open-circuit voltage of each of the cells detected by the detection circuit.
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1. An apparatus for regulating a state of charge of each of cells of a battery set wherein the cells are serially connected to each other, comprising:
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an open-circuit voltage detection circuit detecting an open-circuit voltage of each of said cells; a plurality of discharge circuits respectively connected to each of said cells; a plurality of discharge circuits respectively connected to each of said cells so as to discharge an electric charge charged in a corresponding one of said cells; and a control circuit which unifies a state of charge of each of said cells, utilizing a corresponding one of said plurality of discharge circuits, based on said open-circuit voltage of each of said cells detected by said detection circuit. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. An apparatus for regulating a state of charge of each of cells of battery set wherein the cells are serially connected to each other, comprising:
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a detection circuit detecting an open-circuit voltage of each of said cells; a plurality of discharge circuits respectively connected to each of said cells; a plurality of discharge circuits respectively connected to each of said cells so as to discharge an electric charge charged in a corresponding one of said cells; and a control circuit which unifies a state of charge of each of said cells, utilizing a corresponding one of said plurality of discharge circuits, based on said open-circuit voltage of each of said cells detected by said detection circuit; and wherein said control circuit obtains a frequency distribution of said open-circuit voltage of each of said cells detected by said detection circuiting, and quantifies said frequency distribution so as to conduct a statistical processing, thereby calculating a discharge capacity in order to unify said state of charge of each of said cells. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6)
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7. An apparatus for regulating a state of charge of each of cells of battery set wherein the cells are serially connected to each other, comprising:
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a detection circuit detecting an open-circuit voltage of each of said cells; a plurality of discharge circuits respectively connected to each of said cells; a plurality of discharge circuits respectively connected to each of said cells so as to discharge an electric charge charged in a corresponding one of said cells; and a control circuit which unifies a state of charge of each of said cells, utilizing a corresponding one of said plurality of discharge circuits, based on said open-circuit voltage of each of said cells detected by said detection circuit; and wherein a threshold value for judging an abnormality is set based on said open-circuit voltage of each of said cells detected by said detection circuit, and wherein any of said cells having open-circuit voltage exceeding said threshold value is deleted from an object to be regulated.
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