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https://drivepatents.com/patents/973311 · 25 Jun 2014
An apparatus for balancing a plurality of cells (31) in a battery includes common bus (50) having a connector for connecting to a common bus of another battery. Each of plurality of balancing circuits (41) has a bidirectional voltage converter (56) connect...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/979071 · 5 Feb 2014
Provided is an in-vehicle charger capable of reliably obtaining charging control parameters prior to charging and capable of safe charging. In this charger, a charging unit (105) charges a battery (111) in accordance with the charging control parameters. A...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/979558 · 15 Jan 2014
The battery management unit for a vehicle includes a charger (14) mounted on the vehicle (10) for charging an assembled battery (13) including a plurality of cells (9) with electric power from an external power source; a memory (1) that records which cell ...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/979943 · 8 Jan 2014
A charging control system that controls charging of an automobile that uses electric power as motive power include receiving means that receives electric power demands from an electric power supplier side; and control means that controls charging on and of...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/980954 · 11 Dec 2013
The network has a connection point (PCO) for connecting the network to an upstream electrical network (REA). A first electrical network (RE1) comprises a power output (SP) for distributing energy recovered from a transportation system (ST) and the upstream...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/982196 · 6 Nov 2013
In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, provided is an apparatus for managing a battery system having a plurality of battery cells connected in series, the apparatus comprising a performance measurement section for measuring a performance o...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/982413 · 30 Oct 2013
A power supply degradation determination apparatus (10) which is mounted to the vehicle (1) includes a controller (14) and a DC-DC converter (13) that control execution of a charge phase in which a capacitor (11) capable of accumulating regenerative energy...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/983571 · 9 Oct 2013
The box (1) has two main contacts (2, 3) connected with a charging plug, and an auxiliary contact (5) electrically connected with one of the main contacts over a contact bridge (4) in an operating condition of a vehicle. An end (15) of the contact bridge i...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/990111 · 5 Jun 2013
A battery charger for charging an electrically-driven vehicle by connecting the electrically-driven vehicle with an external power source, the battery charger includes an earth leakage detector 1 operable to detect earth leakage of the battery charger; an ...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/993811 · 16 Jan 2013
The method involves converting a part of discharged electricity of a supply network (12) into useful heat for regulating the temperature in an accumulator (4). The heating resistor is used for the generation of useful heat. The battery charger (8) and the ...