IP Library Granted Patent US 9,766,294
Granted Patent B2
US 9,766,294 · App. 13/884,663 · Granted Sep 19, 2017

Secondary battery cell, battery pack, and electricity consumption device

Inventors: Kazuo Nakamura (Kanagawa, JP); Shinichi Uesaka (Kanagawa, JP); Atsushi Ozawa (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
G01R31/3606G01R31/3655G01R31/3689H01M2/105H01M2/1061H01M10/425H01M2/022H01M2/0217H01M2/1016H01M10/0422H01M2010/4271H01M2010/4278
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Patent No.
US 9,766,294
App. No.
13/884,663
Granted
Sep 19, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

There are provided a secondary battery cell, a battery pack, and an electric power consumption device having a configuration and structure capable of accurately and easily detecting the state of the secondary battery cell in the battery pack. A secondary battery cell 20 of the present invention includes an integrated circuit (an IC chip) 60 having a measuring function to measure a battery status, the battery pack has a plurality of secondary battery cells of the present invention, and the electric power consumption device includes the battery pack of the present invention having the plurality of secondary battery cells of the present invention.

Claims (37)

1. A secondary battery cell, comprising:

an integrated circuit configured to:

store individual information that includes a first identification number in a memory unit of the integrated circuit,

measure a battery status,

receive a second identification number from a control circuit which is outside the secondary battery cell, and

transmit at least one of the individual information or the measured battery status to outside of the secondary battery cell based on the first identification number that is same as the second identification number; and

a battery lid connected to the integrated circuit, wherein the integrated circuit configures the battery lid as an antenna.

2. The secondary battery cell according to claim 1 , wherein the battery status measured by the integrated circuit further includes at least one of a battery current, a battery temperature or a battery terminal voltage.

3. The secondary battery cell according to claim 1 , wherein the integrated circuit is further configured to operate using an electrical signal from the control circuit which is outside of the secondary battery cell.

4. The secondary battery cell according to claim 1 , wherein the integrated circuit is further configured to wirelessly transmit the at least one of the individual information or the measured battery status to the control circuit which is outside of the secondary battery cell.

5. The secondary battery cell according to claim 1 , wherein the integrated circuit is further configured to transmit the at least one of the individual information or the measured battery status to the control circuit which is outside of the secondary battery cell through wire transmission.

6. The secondary battery cell according to claim 5 , wherein the integrated circuit is connected to at least one of an information input terminal or an information output terminal in the secondary battery cell.

7. The secondary battery cell according to claim 5 , wherein the integrated circuit is connected to an electric power line in the secondary battery cell to supply an electric power to the control circuit which is outside of the secondary battery cell.

8. The secondary battery cell according to claim 7 , wherein a bandpass filter is placed between the integrated circuit and the electric power line.

9. A battery pack, comprising:

a plurality of secondary battery cells, each of the plurality of secondary battery cells including:

an integrated circuit configured to:

store individual information that includes a first identification number in a memory unit of the integrated circuit,

measure a battery status,

receive a second identification number from a control circuit which is outside the secondary battery cell, and

transmit at least one of the individual information or the measured battery status to outside of a corresponding secondary battery cell of the plurality of secondary battery cells based on the first identification number that is same as the second identification number; and

a battery lid connected to the integrated circuit, wherein the integrated circuit configures the battery lid as an antenna.

10. An electric power consumption device, comprising:

a battery pack including a plurality of secondary battery cells, each of the plurality of secondary battery cells including:

an integrated circuit configured to:

store individual information that includes a first identification number in a memory unit of the integrated circuit,

measure a battery status,

receive a second identification number from a control circuit which is outside the secondary battery cell, and

transmit at least one of the individual information or the measured battery status to outside of a corresponding secondary battery cell of the plurality of secondary battery cells based on the first identification number that is same as the second identification number; and

a battery lid connected to the integrated circuit, wherein the integrated circuit configures the battery lid as an antenna.

11. A secondary battery cell, comprising:

an integrated circuit configured to

store individual information that includes a first identification number in a memory unit of the integrated circuit,

measure a battery status,

receive a second identification number from a control circuit which is outside the secondary battery cell, and

transmit at least one of the individual information or the measured battery status to outside of the secondary battery cell based on the first identification number that is same as the second identification number; and

an antenna, wherein an exterior material of the secondary battery cell is configured as the antenna.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 14, 2017
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: TOHOKU MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 044880/0953 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 14, 2017
From: TOHOKU MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
To: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 044881/0005 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 10, 2013
From: NAKAMURA, KAZUO; UESAKA, SHINICHI; OZAWA, ATSUSHI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 030394/0976 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP P2010-258685 · Nov 19, 2010 · national
JP P2011-054407 · Mar 11, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
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