Secondary battery charge and discharge control device

• US 6,075,346 A
• Filed: 10/07/1998
• Issued: 06/13/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation), Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation), Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Shoji, Yoshimi, Ukita, Susumu, Kikuchi, Yoshiaki, Kimura, Tadao, Nakanishi, Toshiaki, Tojima, Kazuo, Asakawa, Fumihiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Wong, Peter S.
• Assistant Examiner(s): LUK, LAWRENCE W
• Application Number:
  US09/167,488
• Time in Patent Office: 615 Days
• Field of Search: 320/150, 320/151, 320/152, 320/154, 320/137
• US Class Current: 320/150
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 6/445 Differential gearing distribution type
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/36 Temperature of vehicle components or parts
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 3/0046 relating to electric energy storage systems, e.g. batteries or capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/16 with provision for separate direct mechanical propulsion
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/61 by batteries charged by engine-driven generators, e.g. series hybrid electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 58/13 Maintaining the SoC within a determined range
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 58/14 Preventing excessive discharging
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 58/15 Preventing overcharging
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 58/22 Balancing the charge of battery modules
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 58/24 for controlling the temperature of batteries
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 58/25 by controlling the electric load
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/26 for electrical energy, e.g. batteries or capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2510/244 Charge state
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2510/246 Temperature
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/62 Hybrid vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/7072 Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors

Abstract

The charge and discharge are performed by a proper electric power corresponding to the service environment of a battery and the state of the battery. When the temperature of the battery is not more than a specified temperature, or not less than another specified temperature, the upper limit value Pin-s of the charging electric power and the upper limit value Pout-s of the discharging electric power are determined so as to be smaller than those at a normal temperature. The temperature of the battery is detected, and the charging electric power and the discharging electric power are determined so that they may be not more than the upper limit values Pin-s, Pout-s of the charging and the discharging electric power at this temperature, and the charge control of the battery is performed.

Claims

1. A secondary battery charge and discharge controller comprising:

a temperature detector for detecting the temperature of said secondary battery; and

a limiter for controlling the charging and the discharging electric power so that the charging and discharging electric power may not exceed a previously determined first upper limit value of the charging and the discharging electric power which changes according to the temperature, in a case where said detected temperature is a first predetermined temperature or less.

2. The secondary battery charge and discharge controller according to claim 1, wherein said limiter controls the charging and the discharging electric power so that the charging and the discharging electric power may not exceed the upper limit value which is lower between a previously determined second upper limit value of the charging and the discharging electric power which changes according to the temperature, and said first upper limit value of the charging and the discharging electric power, in a case where said detected temperature is a second predetermined temperature or more.

3. The secondary battery charge and discharge controller according to claim 2,

further comprising a charge level detector for detecting the charge level of said secondary battery,

wherein said limiter controls the charging and the discharging electric power so that the charging and the discharging electric power may not exceed the upper limit value which is lowest among a previously determined third upper limit value of the charging and the discharging electric power which changes according to said detected charge level, said first upper limit value, and said second upper limit value.

4. The secondary battery charge and discharge controller according to claim 3, wherein said limiter controls the charging and the discharging electric power so that the charging and the discharging electric power may not exceed the upper limit value which is lowest among a previously determined fourth upper limit value of the charging and the discharging electric power according to said detected temperature and said detected charge level, said first upper limit value, said second upper limit value, and said third upper limit value.

7. The secondary battery charge and discharge controller according to claim 4, wherein said controller has an equalizing charge function for equalizing each charge level for a plurality of secondary battery cells,

wherein said limiter controls the charging and the discharging electric power so that the electric power of charge and discharge may not exceed the upper limit value which is lowest among said first upper limit value, said second upper limit value, and said third upper limit value, during said equalizing charge.

5. A secondary battery charge and discharge controller comprising:

a temperature detector for detecting the temperature of the secondary battery; and

a limiter for controlling the charging and the discharging electric power so that the charging and the discharging electric power may not exceed a previously determined upper limit value of the charging and the discharging electric power which changes according to the temperature, in a case where said detected temperature is a predetermined temperature or more.

6. A secondary battery charge and discharge controller comprising:

a temperature detector for detecting the temperature of the secondary battery;

a charge level detector for detecting the charge level of the secondary battery; and

a charging and discharging electric power limiter for controlling the charging and the discharging electric power so that the charging and the discharging electric power may not exceed a previously determined upper limit value of the charging and the discharging electric power, according to said detected temperature and said detected charge level.