ELECTRIC STORAGE DEVICE

• Main Authors: KAWAHARA YOUHEI, SAKABE KEI, EMORI AKIHIKO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; Japanese
• Published: 30.09.2010
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTINGELECTRIC POWER; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT OR PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLEDVEHICLES; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES, IN GENERAL; GENERATION; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

An electric storage device includes a state detection unit that manages and controls the state of a battery unit. The state detection unit reads the inter-terminal voltage of each of a plurality of batteries measured by a battery management unit in an unloaded condition in which the battery unit is...