Battery system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10495696-B2
Application number	US-201816159112-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 12, 2018
Priority date	Apr 15, 2013
Publication date	Dec 3, 2019
Grant date	Dec 3, 2019

Abstract

A battery system includes a battery module having a plurality of assembled batteries. Battery monitoring circuits are provided to correspond to each of the assembled batteries of the battery module. A control circuit controls operation of the battery monitoring circuits. A first signal transmission path transmits signals that are input and output between the battery monitoring circuits and the control circuit. A first isolation element is connected to the control circuit, and a second isolation element is connected to the battery monitoring circuit. The first signal transmission path is isolated from the control circuit by the second isolation element. The electrical potential of the first signal transmission path is a floating potential in relation to the electrical potentials of the control circuit and battery monitoring circuits.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A battery monitoring device, comprising:
a plurality of battery monitoring circuits that are each provided so as to correspond to each of assembled batteries each having a plurality of battery cells and are connected in series; and
a microprocessor that performs transmission and reception of signals with the battery monitoring circuits, wherein:
the battery monitoring circuits and the microprocessor are provided on boards different from each other;
one end side of the battery monitoring circuits connected in series is connected to the microprocessor via a first signal transmission path;
another end side of the battery monitoring circuits connected in series is connected to the microprocessor via a second signal transmission path;
on each of the first signal transmission path and the second signal transmission path, a first isolation element is disposed on a board at a side where the battery monitoring circuits are provided and a second isolation element is disposed on a board at a side where the microprocessor is provided.

2. The battery monitoring device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the first isolation element is a capacitor.

3. The battery monitoring device according to claim 2 , wherein:
the second isolation element is either one of a capacitor, a photo coupler and a pulse transformer.

4. The battery monitoring device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the second isolation element is either one of a capacitor, a photo coupler and a pulse transformer.

5. A battery monitoring device, comprising:
a plurality of battery monitoring circuits that are each provided so as to correspond to each of assembled batteries each having a plurality of battery cells and are connected in series; and
a microprocessor that performs transmission and reception of signals with the battery monitoring circuits, wherein:
the battery monitoring circuits and the microprocessor are provided on boards different from each other;
one end side of the battery monitoring circuits connected in series is connected to the microprocessor via a signal transmission path;
on the signal transmission path, a first isolation element is disposed on a board at a side where the battery monitoring circuits are provided and a second isolation element is disposed on a board at a side where the microprocessor is provided.

6. The battery monitoring device according to claim 5 , wherein:
the first isolation element is a capacitor.

7. The battery monitoring device according to claim 5 , wherein:
the second isolation element is either one of a capacitor, a photo coupler and a pulse transformer.

Assignees

• Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd

Inventors

• Miura Hikaru
• Kikuchi Mutsumi
• Kudoh Akihiko
• Kanai Tomonori

Classifications

• H02J7/82

  Control of state of charge [SOC] · CPC title

• H02J7/80

  including monitoring or indicating arrangements · CPC title

• H02J7/50

  acting upon multiple batteries simultaneously or sequentially · CPC title

• H02J1/10

  Parallel operation of DC sources · CPC title

• H01M2220/20

  Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane · CPC title