US5698962A
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Memory effect sensitive battery monitoring apparatus for electric vehicles
Assignee: Denso Corp
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Filing: 1996-05-17
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Granted: 1997-12-16
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Expires: 2016-05-17
Abstract
Abstract A battery condition monitoring system which may be employed in an electric vehicle is disclosed. This system determines a terminal voltage of a battery under discharge of a given current and a consumption of electric energy stored in the battery and calculates a rate of change in terminal voltage of the battery relative to change in consumption of electric energy. When a difference between the rate of change in terminal voltage of the battery and a reference rate representing a rate of change in terminal voltage of a normal battery relative to change in consumption of electric energy is greater than a given value, the system determines that memory effect is occurring in the battery.
Inventors
- 👤 Shoji Sakai
- 👤 Mitsuo Inagaki
- 👤 Sadahisa Onimaru
- 👤 Hironori Asa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 06:39
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01R; G01R31/00; G01R31/36; G01R31/3644; G01R31/3648; H; H01; H01M; H01M10/00; H01M10/42; H01M10/44; H01M10/46; G01R31/005; G01R31/006; Y; Y02; Y02E; Y02E60/00; Y02E60/10; Y10; Y10S; Y10S320/00; Y10S320/16; Y10S320/18; Y10S320/21
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
149 words
A battery condition monitoring system comprising: battery terminal voltage determining means for determining a terminal voltage of a battery under discharge of a given current; consumption determining means for determining a consumption of electric energy stored in the battery; terminal voltage change rate determining means for determining a rate of change in terminal voltage of the battery determined in said battery terminal voltage determining means relative to change in consumption of electric energy determined by said consumption determining means; and battery condition determining means for determining conditions of the battery, said battery condition determining means determining that memory effect is occurring in the battery when a difference between the rate of change determined in said terminal voltage change rate determining means and a reference rate representing a rate of change in terminal voltage of a normal battery relative to change in consumption of electric energy, exceeds a given value.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
149 words
A battery condition monitoring system comprising: battery terminal voltage determining means for determining a terminal voltage of a battery under discharge of a given current; consumption determining means for determining a consumption of electric energy stored in the battery; terminal voltage change rate determining means for determining a rate of change in terminal voltage of the battery determined in said battery terminal voltage determining means relative to change in consumption of electric energy determined by said consumption determining means; and battery condition determining means for determining conditions of the battery, said battery condition determining means determining that memory effect is occurring in the battery when a difference between the rate of change determined in said terminal voltage change rate determining means and a reference rate representing a rate of change in terminal voltage of a normal battery relative to change in consumption of electric energy, exceeds a given value.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
A battery condition monitoring system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said consumption determining means determines a total discharged current from the battery as the consumption of electric energy.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
62 words
A battery condition monitoring system as set forth in claim 2, wherein said battery terminal voltage determining means finds a relation between a change in terminal voltage of the battery and a change in current flowing through a line connecting between the battery and a given load to determine the terminal voltage of the battery under the discharge of the given current.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
45 words
A battery condition monitoring system as set forth in claim 1, further comprising battery surface temperature determining means for determining a temperature of a surface of the battery, and wherein said reference rate is changed according to the temperature of the surface of the battery.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
56 words
A battery condition monitoring system as set forth in claim 2, further comprising remaining capacity determining means for determining a remaining capacity in the battery based on the total discharged current determined by said consumption determining means, the remaining capacity being corrected using a voltage correction value determined according to the remaining capacity in the battery.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
29 words
A battery condition monitoring system as set forth in claim 5, wherein said battery condition determining means prohibits the remaining capacity from being corrected when the memory effect occurs.
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