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Battery set structure and charge/ discharge control apparatus for lithium-ion battery

Patent 5825155 Issued on October 20, 1998. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject May 9, 2017. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Application

No. 853415 filed on 05/09/1997

US Classes:

320/118, With discharge of cells or batteries320/119, With individual charging of plural batteries or cells320/134, With battery or cell condition monitoring (e.g., for protection from overcharging, heating, etc.)320/163, Having solid-state control device324/434, To determine plural cell condition429/149, Plural cells429/150, With integral switch means429/160, Having intercell connector713/340Having power source monitoring

Examiners

Primary: Wong, Peter S.
Assistant: Shin, K.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Class

H02J 007/00

Foreign Application Priority Data

1993-09-08 JP

Abstract

In a battery-driven portable computer, a battery pack is constituted by m battery sets connected in series each including n lithium-ion secondary battery cells connected in parallel. A voltage monitor for monitoring the voltage of the terminal electrode of each battery set and a charger for independently appropriately charging each battery set in accordance with a monitor result are arranged, thereby realizing battery driving by a lithium-ion secondary battery pack having a large capacity.

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