IP Library Granted Patent US 11,777,182
Granted Patent B2
US 11,777,182 · App. 17/429,328 · Granted Oct 3, 2023

Power supply device

Inventors: Tomoyuki Ichiza (Nara, JP); Osamu Ohashi (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC ENERGY CO., LTD.
H01M50/581H01M50/204H01M50/51H01M50/583H02H7/18H01M2200/103
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Patent No.
US 11,777,182
App. No.
17/429,328
Granted
Oct 3, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a power supply device, a plurality of battery modules are connected in series, the plurality of battery modules including fuse connected in series with battery. In the power supply device, fuse included in the plurality of battery modules is fast-blow fuse.

Claims (8)

1. A power supply device comprising

a plurality of battery modules are connected in series, the plurality of battery modules including a battery and a fuse connected in series with the battery, wherein

the fuse included in at least one of the plurality of battery modules is a fast-blow fuse,

wherein a rated voltage of the fast-blow fuse is higher than an output voltage of each of the plurality of battery modules, and is lower than a total voltage obtained by connecting the plurality of battery modules in series,

wherein the blowing time of the fast-acting fuse is 30 msec or less in a state in which a current is ten times the rated flow current.

2. The power supply device according to claim 1 , wherein the fuse of each of the plurality of battery modules is a fast-blow fuse.

3. The power supply device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the fuse of each of at least two sets of the plurality of battery modules is a fast-blow fuse.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 12, 2023
From: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC ENERGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063632/0545 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 16, 2021
From: ICHIZA, TOMOYUKI; OHASHI, OSAMU
To: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058130/0938 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-033003 · Feb 26, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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