Battery device and vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11114877-B2
Application number	US-202017024992-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 18, 2020
Priority date	Apr 2, 2018
Publication date	Sep 7, 2021
Grant date	Sep 7, 2021

Abstract

A device according to an embodiment includes at least one assembled battery; first switches that switch an electrical connection state of main circuits connected between the assembled battery and the load; second switches that switch an electrical connection state of second main circuits branched from the main circuits and are connected between the assembled battery and the load; a BMU that controls operations of the first switches based on an operation command supplied from the load; and a power supply circuit that supplies power to the BMU and second switches when a start command supplied from the outside is ON.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A battery device comprising:
at least one assembled battery;
a first main switch that switches an electrical connection state of a main circuit connected between the assembled battery and a load;
a second main switch that switches an electrical connection state of a second main circuit which is branched from the main circuit and connected between the assembled battery and the load;
a battery management circuit that controls an operation of the first main switch based on an operation command supplied from the load; and
a power supply circuit that supplies power to the battery management circuit and the second main switch when a start command supplied from the outside is ON.

2. The battery device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a battery monitoring circuit that detects a voltage and a temperature of the assembled battery and transmits them to the battery management circuit,
wherein the battery management circuit is configured to determine whether or not the assembled battery is normal based on information of the voltage and temperature obtained from the battery monitoring circuit, and is configured, when it determines that the assembled battery is abnormal, to transmit a shutdown control signal to the power supply circuit, and
wherein the power supply circuit is configured, when it receives the shutdown control signal, to stop power supply to the battery management circuit and the second main switch.

3. The battery device according to claim 2 , wherein the first main switch is an electromagnetic contactor, and the second main switch is a solid state relay.

4. The battery device according to claim 1 , wherein the first main switch is an electromagnetic contactor, and the second main switch is a solid state relay.

5. A vehicle comprising:
the battery device according to claim 1 ;
an inverter electrically connected to the main circuit of the battery device; and
the load comprising an auxiliary device being electrically connected to the second main circuit of the battery device, and an electric motor driven by power supplied from the inverter.

Assignees

• Toshiba Kk

Inventors

• Kikuchi Yusuke
• Suzuki Hidenori
• Kuroda Kazuto
• Inamura Atsushi
• Sekino Masahiro

Classifications

• H02J7/80

  including monitoring or indicating arrangements · CPC title

• H02J7/63

  against overdischarge · CPC title

• H02J7/61

  against overcharge · CPC title

• H02J7/855 Primary

  with circuits adapted for supplying loads from the battery · CPC title

• H02J2105/37

  exchanging power with electric vehicles [EV] or with hybrid electric vehicles [HEV] · CPC title