Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for equalizing capacities of electric storage devices and system thereof
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Application No.: US14858502Application Date: 2015-09-18
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Publication No.: US09722436B2Publication Date: 2017-08-01
- Inventor: Takeyuki Shiraishi
- Applicant: GS Yuasa International Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Kyoto-Shi, Kyoto
- Assignee: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.
- Current Assignee: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kyoto-Shi, Kyoto
- Agency: McGinn IP Law Group, PLLC
- Priority: JP2011-197336 20110909; JP2012-186523 20120827
- Main IPC: H02J7/00
- IPC: H02J7/00

Abstract:
A method for equalizing capacities of electric storage devices that are connected in series in an electric storage device assembly charged and discharged by a charger/discharger includes charging/discharging the electric storage device assembly at a charging/discharging rate of 1 C or lower, individually measuring voltages of the electric storage devices, respectively, determining whether a time rate of change in voltage of one electric storage device of the electric storage devices has reached a time-rate-of-change reference value and then a time rate of change in voltage of another electric storage device of the electric storage devices has reached the time-rate-of-change reference value, and individually discharging, based on a determining result, the electric storage device by a discharging circuit provided separately from the discharger.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160013669A1 METHOD FOR EQUALIZING CAPACITIES OF ELECTRIC STORAGE DEVICES AND SYSTEM THEREOF Public/Granted day:2016-01-14
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