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Voltage detection device for a battery package
Assignee: Denso Corp
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Filing: 2002-04-24
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Granted: 2003-11-11
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Expires: 2022-04-24
Abstract
Abstract To detect terminal voltages in a battery package including high and low potential groups connected in series, a positive terminal of one battery module in the high potential group outputting the highest potential is connected through a resistor to a junction point connected to a negative terminal of another battery module in the low potential group outputting the lowest potential through another resistor having the same resistance. Other positive and negative terminals of pairs of module battery outputting successive lower voltage potentials in the high potential group and successive higher voltage potentials in the low potential group are connected to junction points through resistors, respectively. Voltages at junction points, differences in voltage potential between the successive two junction points, or differences in potential between the junction points and a middle potential at the junction between the high and low groups is measured. Battery module voltages or variation are calculated.
Inventors
- 👤 Tomoya Katoh
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
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2026-11-07 13:13
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01R; G01R31/00; G01R31/36; G01R31/396; B; B60; B60L; B60L58/00; B60L58/10; G01R31/3644; G01R31/3648; G01R31/382; G01R31/3835; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T10/00; Y02T10/60; Y02T10/70
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
172 words
A voltage detection device for a battery package including high and low voltage groups of battery modules connected in series, said high and low voltage groups including N of said battery modules connected in series, respectively, a positive terminal of the L th battery module in said high voltage group outputting the highest voltage potential in said battery package when L=1, a negative terminal of the L th battery module in said low voltage group outputting the lowest voltage potential in said battery package when wherein L=1, 1≦L≦N; N junction points; 2N current limiting resistive elements, a positive terminal of said L th battery module in said high voltage group being connected to the L th junction point through one of said current limiting resistive elements, a negative terminal of said L th battery module in said low voltage group being connected to said L th junction point through another one of said current limiting resistive elements; and voltage detection means for detecting and outputting voltage potentials at said N junction points.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
172 words
A voltage detection device for a battery package including high and low voltage groups of battery modules connected in series, said high and low voltage groups including N of said battery modules connected in series, respectively, a positive terminal of the L th battery module in said high voltage group outputting the highest voltage potential in said battery package when L=1, a negative terminal of the L th battery module in said low voltage group outputting the lowest voltage potential in said battery package when wherein L=1, 1≦L≦N; N junction points; 2N current limiting resistive elements, a positive terminal of said L th battery module in said high voltage group being connected to the L th junction point through one of said current limiting resistive elements, a negative terminal of said L th battery module in said low voltage group being connected to said L th junction point through another one of said current limiting resistive elements; and voltage detection means for detecting and outputting voltage potentials at said N junction points.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
65 words
The voltage detection device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising N voltage difference detection circuits for detecting and outputting voltage differences between said L th and (L+1) th junction points, respectively, wherein said N th voltage difference detection circuit detects a voltage difference between said N th junction point and a connection point between said high and low voltage groups of battery modules.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
48 words
The voltage detection device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising potential difference detection means for detecting and outputting potential differences between voltage potentials at said N junction points and a reference voltage at a connection point between said high and low voltage groups of battery modules.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
The voltage detection device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising data processing means for calculating output voltages of said 2N battery modules from said detected voltage potentials, respectively.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
34 words
The voltage detection device as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising data processing means for calculating output voltages of said 2N battery modules from outputs of said N voltage difference detection circuits, respectively.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
The voltage detection device as claimed in claim 3 , further comprising data processing means for calculating output voltages of said 2N battery modules from said detected potential differences, respectively.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
27 words
The voltage detection device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein said data processing means calculates variations in said output voltages of said 2N battery modules, respectively.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
27 words
The voltage detection device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein said data processing means calculates variations in said output voltages of said 2N battery modules, respectively.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
188 words
A voltage detection device for a battery package including high and low voltage groups of battery modules connected in series, said high and low voltage groups including N of said battery modules connected in series, respectively, a positive terminal of the L th battery module in said high voltage group outputting the highest voltage potential in said battery package when L=1, a negative terminal of the L th battery module in said low voltage group outputting the lowest voltage potential in said battery package when wherein L=1, 1≦L≦N; N junction points; 2N current limiting resistive elements, a positive terminal of said L th battery module in said high voltage group being connected to the L th junction point through one of said current limiting resistive elements, a negative terminal of said L th battery module in said low voltage group being connected to said L th junction point through another one of said current limiting resistive elements; and voltage detection and operation means for detecting voltage potentials at said N junction points and for obtaining and outputting conditional data of said battery modules from said detected voltage potentials.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
188 words
A voltage detection device for a battery package including high and low voltage groups of battery modules connected in series, said high and low voltage groups including N of said battery modules connected in series, respectively, a positive terminal of the L th battery module in said high voltage group outputting the highest voltage potential in said battery package when L=1, a negative terminal of the L th battery module in said low voltage group outputting the lowest voltage potential in said battery package when wherein L=1, 1≦L≦N; N junction points; 2N current limiting resistive elements, a positive terminal of said L th battery module in said high voltage group being connected to the L th junction point through one of said current limiting resistive elements, a negative terminal of said L th battery module in said low voltage group being connected to said L th junction point through another one of said current limiting resistive elements; and voltage detection and operation means for detecting voltage potentials at said N junction points and for obtaining and outputting conditional data of said battery modules from said detected voltage potentials.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
78 words
The voltage detection device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein said voltage detection and operation means comprises N voltage difference detection circuits for detecting voltage differences between said L th and (L+1) th junction points, respectively, wherein said N th voltage difference detection circuit detects a voltage difference between said N th junction point and a connection point between said high and low voltage groups of battery modules to obtain said conditional data from said voltage differences.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
61 words
The voltage detection device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein said voltage detection and operation means comprises potential difference detection means for detecting potential differences between voltage potentials at said N junction points and a reference voltage at a connection point between said high and low voltage groups of battery modules to obtain said conditional data from said potential differences.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
35 words
The voltage detection device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein said voltage detection and operation means comprises calculating means for calculating output voltages of said 2N battery modules from said detected voltage potentials, respectively.
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