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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8169190 | Battery apparatus for controlling plural batteries and control method of plural batteries Lower order control devices control plural battery cells configuring plural battery modules. An input terminal of the low order control device in the highest potential, an output terminal of the low order control device in the lowest potential, and a high order cont... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8106661 | Battery apparatus for controlling plural batteries and control method of plural batteries Lower order control devices control plural battery cells configuring plural battery modules. An input terminal of the low order control device in the highest potential, an output terminal of the low order control device in the lowest potential, and a high order cont... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8098047 | Battery apparatus for controlling plural batteries and control method of plural batteries Lower order control devices control plural battery cells configuring plural battery modules. An input terminal of the low order control device in the highest potential, an output terminal of the low order control device in the lowest potential, and a high order cont... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8097363 | Positive electrode material, its manufacturing method and lithium secondary battery The object of the invention is to provide positive electrode material in which a discharge rate characteristic and battery capacity are hardly deteriorated in the environment of low temperature of −30° C., its manufacturing method and a lithium secondary battery ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8036839 | Battery state determining apparatus A battery state determining apparatus is provided which can accurately determine a state of a lead battery in an automotive vehicle. The apparatus calculates a corrected engine starting voltage Vst1 from an open-circuit voltage (OCV) measuring section that me... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7962300 | Battery state judging method, and battery state judging apparatus A battery state judging method is provided capable of properly judging a state of a lead-acid battery by measuring voltages without measuring currents. A state of the battery is judged by obtaining, in advance, a DC internal resistance r0 of a same type b... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7910246 | Positive electrode material, its manufacturing method and lithium secondary battery The object of the invention is to provide positive electrode material in which a discharge rate characteristic and battery capacity are hardly deteriorated in the environment of low temperature of −30° C., its manufacturing method and a lithium secondary battery ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7824807 | Positive electrode material for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery A positive electrode material for lithium secondary battery having high electron conductivity even at very low temperatures and a lithium secondary battery with the use of the positive electrode material are provided. The positive electrode material for lithium seco... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7767342 | Positive electrode active material including a lithium transition metal complex oxide and an oxide of a dissimilar element A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery that can restrict lowering of battery performance during battery preservation is provided. A negative electrode that a negative electrode mixture including graphite is applied on a rolled copper foil and a positive electro... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7742279 | Energy conversion device A secondary battery comprises a single-plate lead acid battery (Va), a positive electrode capacitor layer and a negative electrode capacitor layer, which are formed on the respective surfaces of a positive electrode plate, and a negative electrode plate. Each of the... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7678496 | Current collector of lead-acid storage battery, and lead-acid storage battery An object of the present invention is to take fundamental measures against the phenomenon that the positive current collector of a lead-acid battery elongates due to corrosion, in consideration of a mechanism, and to inhibit corrosion elongation. A current collector... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7649341 | Storage battery unit A storage battery unit (1) including a storage battery (2) and a monitoring device (3) that monitors a state of the storage battery using an output of the storage battery as an input, wherein, in order to prevent the monitoring device from consu... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7604898 | Positive electrode material, its manufacturing method and lithium secondary battery The object of the invention is to provide positive electrode material in which a discharge rate characteristic and battery capacity are hardly deteriorated in the environment of low temperature of −30° C., its manufacturing method and a lithium secondary battery ... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7582383 | Complex oxide materials and cathode materials for lithium ion battery A lithium secondary battery that is highly safe and has long life. The battery, which is a nonaqueous lithium secondary battery, utilizes a cathode active material comprising a complex oxide material having a layered structure containing at least Li and Ni and being... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7556883 | Current collector of lead-acid storage battery, and lead-acid storage battery An object of the present invention is to take fundamental measures against the phenomenon that the positive current collector of a lead-acid battery elongates due to corrosion, in consideration of a mechanism, and to inhibit corrosion elongation. A current collector... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7528581 | Battery apparatus for controlling plural batteries and control method of plural batteries Lower order control devices control plural battery cells configuring plural battery modules. An input terminal of the low order control device in the highest potential, an output terminal of the low order control device in the lowest potential, and a high order cont... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7517613 | Positive electrode material for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery using the same A positive electrode material for a nonaqueous lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery that has superior cycle life and safety and reduced internal resistance of the battery at low temperature is provided. The positive electrode material for a nona... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7511457 | Multi-series battery control system A multi-series battery control system comprises a plurality of unit battery cell of which unit consists of multiple battery cells connected in series; a plurality of control IC comprising a control circuit for controlling the unit battery cell; a main controller tha... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7491897 | Electronic equipment provided with wiring board into which press-fit terminals are press-fitted In order to suppress the occurrence of damage on a press-fit joining wiring board, a peak value of stress generated on the board in the case of a press-fitting a press-fit terminal into a through-hole is reduced so that it can not exceed the design standard value of... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7471065 | Multi-series battery control system A multi-series battery control system comprises a unit battery cell of which unit consists of multiple battery cells, control IC comprising a control IC chip containing a control circuit for controlling the unit battery cell and a cell monitor IC chip for monitoring... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7406389 | State detecting system and device employing the same A state detecting system which can detect state of power storage at high precision even with lesser characteristic data to be used for calculation, and a device employing the same. The state detecting system has a memory for storing a characteristic data, calculatio... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7173397 | Battery system, battery monitoring method and apparatus A battery performance monitoring system anticipates the sudden fall of battery output. The system measures the battery voltage at a time point when the discharge current of a battery becomes smaller than the reference current value or at a time point when the curren... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7083876 | Lead-acid battery A lead-acid battery superior in high-efficiency charging characteristic to conventional lead-acid batteries and a carbon material used in the lead-acid battery having excellent charge acceptability are disclosed. The lead-acid battery uses, as an additive to the ano... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7085661 | State detecting system and device employing the same A state detecting system which can detect state of power storage at high precision even with lesser characteristic data to be used for calculation, and a device employing the same. The state detecting system has a memory for storing a characteristic data, calculatio... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7009401 | Battery apparatus and method for monitoring battery state of a secondary battery Motor generator (MG) is controlled via motor controller by MG control processor of CPU, so that voltage and current of battery is detected while changing frequency of state detection current flowing in the secondary battery. According to the detection results, imped... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6890681 | Leak resistant automotive battery A leak resistant automotive battery comprising a housing containing cells having filling plugs; a battery cover sealed to an opened top end of the housing and having filling holes overlying the respective cells; at least one partition wall provided in the battery co... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6881513 | Leak retardant automotive battery A leak retardant automotive battery includes a housing containing a plurality of cells that each have a filling plug and a battery cover closing the housing above the cells. The battery cover includes a central blockage that divides the housing into two compartments... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6803149 | Non-aqueous electrolytic solution secondary battery The present invention is to provide a non-aqueous electrolytic solution secondary battery which has high safety while maintaining high capacity and high power. A cylindrical lithium-ion battery 20 is provided in a battery lid which is a portion of a battery c... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6767491 | Electric power steering apparatus An electric power steering apparatus including a reduction mechanism 5 for transmitting an output of a steering assist motor 1 to a steering mechanism through a worm 3 and a worm wheel 4, in which the worm wheel 4 is formed by a th... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6762588 | Battery apparatus for controlling plural batteries and control method of plural batteries Lower order control devices control plural battery cells configuring plural battery modules. An input terminal of the low order control device in the highest potential, an output terminal of the low order control device in the lowest potential, and a high order cont... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6733925 | Non-aqueous electrolytic solution secondary battery with electrodes having a specific thickness and porosity A non-aqueous electrolytic secondary battery that can prevent a drop in the power even in a large current discharge is provided. Porosity of a separator is larger than or the same as porosity of a positive electrode mixture and a porosity of a negative electrode mix... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6723466 | Storage battery with laminated battery element A storage battery includes a rolled, laminated battery element made up of two groups of electrode materials composed of positive and negative electrode materials, laminated together through separators, an outer sheathing enclosing therein the laminated battery eleme... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6706446 | Non-aqueous electrolytic solution secondary battery A cylindrical lithium-ion battery 20 accommodates a winding group 6, is structured by winding a positive electrode using lithium manganate (Li1+xMn2−xO4 or Li1+xMn2−x−yAlyO4 | 03/16/2004 |
| 6686720 | Vented-type leak resistant motor cycle battery A vented-type leak-resistant motor cycle battery comprising a housing in which a plurality of cells are mounted, a battery cover sealed to an upper end of the housing in a liquid tight manner so that the battery cover overlies the cells each having a vent... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6686023 | Polished-piece holder and manufacturing method thereof A polished-piece holder is provided that does not easily stick or adsorb to a polishing pad of a polishing apparatus and reduces occurrences of production line troubles and therefore the number of failed polished pieces. A single sheet of a thermosetting ... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6591708 | Gear made of fiber reinforced resin and method for manufacturing same A gear made of fiber reinforced resin which is capable of being increased in durability and mechanical strength, as well as gear cutting characteristics. The gear is manufactured by arranging ring-like reinforcing fiber substrates and a metal bushing in a... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6566286 | Polished-piece holder A polished-piece holder capable of preventing a polished piece from taking scratches, being increased in wear resistance, thickness accuracy, warpage resistance and dimensional stability, and preventing a deterioration in polishing accuracy. The polished-... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6566288 | Electrically insulating non-woven fabric, a prepreg and a laminate A non-woven fabric comprising a principal component of para-aramid fiber chops bonded with each other by a binder, the para-aramid fiber chops having a mixture of (a) poly-p-phenylene-3,4'-diphenylether-terephthalamide fibers and (b) poly-p-phenylene... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6557663 | Electric power steering apparatus An electric power steering apparatus including a reduction mechanism 5 for transmitting an output of a steering assist motor 1 to a steering mechanism through a worm 3 and a worm wheel 4, in which the worm wheel 4 is formed by a thermosetting synthetic re... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6541154 | Multi-cell structure battery for electric motor powered vehicle A multi-cell structure battery (1A) comprising: a plurality of columnar cells accommodated in a casing (11); bus bars (23A, 23B) to connect respective terminals of the cells; signal transmitting wires (16) to connect the respective cells to an external de... | 04/01/2003 |
