Abnormality determination device of power supply and abnormality determination method thereof

• US 7,821,234 B2
• Filed: 02/06/2007
• Issued: 10/26/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Moriya, Kouki
• Primary Examiner(s): Tso; Edward
• Assistant Examiner(s): PIGGUSH, AARON C
• Application Number:
  US11/887,206
• Publication Number:
  US 20090128157A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,358 Days
• Field of Search: 324/426, 324/430, 324/433, 320/134, 320/136, 320/156, 320/161, 320/164, 361/79
• US Class Current: 320/134
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/3842 combining voltage and current measurements
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/389 Measuring internal impedance, internal conductance or related variables
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/392 Determining battery ageing or deterioration, e.g. state of health
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/40 Testing power supplies testing photovoltaic devices H02S50/10

Abstract

A power supply having a battery (2) that supplies electric power to an electric load (6), a current sensor (4) that detects the current of the battery (2), and a voltage sensor (5) that detects the voltage of the battery (2) includes abnormality determination means for determining that an open failure has occurred in the battery (2) when the voltage detected by the voltage sensor (5) is larger than a first predetermined change amount and the current detected by the current sensor (4) is smaller than a second predetermined change amount, and determining, if an open failure is not found in the battery (2), that an intermediate fixed failure has occurred in the current sensor (4) when the internal resistance of the battery (2) is greater than or equal to a predetermined value.

Claims

1. An abnormality determination device of a power supply having a battery that supplies electric power to an electric load, a current sensor that detects a current of the battery, and a voltage sensor that detects a voltage of the battery, the device comprising:

determination means for determining that an open failure has occurred in the battery when the voltage detected by the voltage sensor is larger than a first predetermined change amount and the current detected by the current sensor is smaller than a second predetermined change amount, and for determining that an intermediate fixed failure has occurred in the current sensor when the voltage detected by the voltage sensor is less than or equal to the first change amount and the current detected by the current sensor is smaller than the second change amount.

2. The abnormality determination device of the power supply according to claim 1, wherein the battery is capable of being charged with a generator.

3. An abnormality determination device of a power supply having a battery that supplies electric power to an electric load, a current sensor that detects a current of the battery, and a voltage sensor that detects a voltage of the battery, the device comprising:

determination means for determining that an open failure has occurred in the battery when the voltage detected by the voltage sensor is larger than a first predetermined change amount and the current detected by the current sensor is smaller than a second predetermined change amount, and for determining that an intermediate fixed failure has occurred in the current sensor when the battery is in a normal state and an internal resistance of the battery is greater than or equal to a predetermined value.

4. The abnormality determination device of the power supply according to claim 3, wherein the internal resistance is calculated based on a regression curve obtained by using the current and the voltage of the battery.

5. The abnormality determination device of the power supply according to claim 3, wherein the battery is capable of being charged with a generator.

6. An abnormality determination method of a power supply having a battery that supplies electric power to an electric load, a current sensor that detects a current of the battery, and a voltage sensor that detects a voltage of the battery, the method comprising:

determining that an open failure has occurred in the battery when the voltage detected by the voltage sensor is larger than a first predetermined change amount and the current detected by the current sensor is smaller than a second predetermined change amount; and

determining, if the open failure is not found in the battery, that an intermediate fixed failure has occurred in the current sensor when an internal resistance of the battery is greater than or equal to a predetermined value.

7. The abnormality determination method of the power supply according to claim 6, comprising:

calculating the internal resistance based on a regression curve obtained by using the current and the voltage of the battery.

8. The abnormality determination method of the power supply according to claim 6, wherein

the battery is capable of being charged with a generator.