Electricity: battery or capacitor charging or discharging – Battery or cell charging – With thermal condition detection
Reexamination Certificate
2004-06-10
2009-02-17
Tso, Edward (Department: 2838)
Electricity: battery or capacitor charging or discharging
Battery or cell charging
With thermal condition detection
C320S153000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07492129
ABSTRACT:
A battery ECU includes i) a circuit connected to a plurality of battery temperature sensors provided on a plurality of battery cells which make up a battery, and a cooling fan, the circuit detecting operation of the cooling fan, and ii) a circuit that determines that there is a temperature abnormality in a battery based on the difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of battery temperatures measured by the battery temperature sensors only when the period of time during which temperature increases within a predetermined period of time in the battery temperatures measured by the battery temperature sensors continue to be less than a threshold value is longer than a predetermined period of time, and the cooling fan has been operating for a longer period of time than a suitable cooling fan operating time obtained based on the difference between the maximum value and the minimum value of the measured battery temperatures.
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Boateng Alexis
Kenyon & Kenyon LLP
Toyota Jidosha & Kabushiki Kaisha
Tso Edward
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