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Granted Patent B2
US 11,022,653 · App. 15/754,607 · Granted Jun 1, 2021

Deterioration degree estimation device and deterioration degree estimation method

Inventors: Hironobu Shimosawa (Kanagawa, JP); Kenichi Sakai (Kanagawa, JP); Kenji Hosaka (Kanagawa, JP); Tomoyuki Shiratsuchi (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
G01R31/392G01R31/389H01M10/0525H01M10/48H02J7/00
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Patent No.
US 11,022,653
App. No.
15/754,607
Granted
Jun 1, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A deterioration degree estimation device includes an internal resistance detection unit, a deterioration management unit and a deterioration degree estimation unit. The internal resistance detection unit detects an internal resistance of a battery. The deterioration management unit manages a cycle deterioration of the battery. The deterioration degree estimation unit estimates a deterioration degree of the battery as an estimated deterioration degree based on an increase rate of the internal resistance. The deterioration degree estimation unit estimates the estimated deterioration degree such that the estimated deterioration degree decreases as the cycle deterioration increases, or such that the estimated deterioration degree increases as the cycle deterioration degree decreases.

Claims (21)

1. A capacity retention rate estimation device comprising:

a controller configured to:

detect an internal resistance of a battery;

determine a rate of increase of the internal resistance of the battery, the rate of increase of the internal resistance being a rate at which the internal resistance of the battery increases with respect to an initially detected internal resistance of the battery;

calculate an actual current integration value by integrating a detected discharge current of the battery during an elapsed time from a start of battery use to a present time and calculate a reference current integration value based on the elapsed time;

calculate an integrated current ratio, which is a ratio of the actual current integration value to the reference current integrated value; and

estimate a capacity retention rate of the battery as an estimated capacity retention rate based on a map that shows a correspondence relationship between the determined rate of increase of the internal resistance and the integrated current ratio, the map showing that: the capacity retention rate decreases as the rate of increase of the internal resistance increases, and the capacity retention rate decreases as the integrated current ratio decreases.

2. The capacity retention rate estimation device according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller is configured to correct the determined rate of increase of the internal resistance based on the actual current integration value.

3. The capacity retention rate estimation device according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller is configured to calculate the capacity retention rate of the battery corresponding to the determined rate of increase of the internal resistance as a reference capacity retention rate, correct the reference capacity retention rate based on the actual current integration value and estimate a corrected reference capacity retention rate as the estimated capacity retention rate.

4. The capacity retention rate estimation device according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller is configured to correct the estimated capacity retention rate based on a temperature of the battery.

5. The capacity retention rate estimation device according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller is configured to correct the estimated capacity retention rate based on a charging state of the battery.

6. A capacity retention rate estimation method comprising:

detecting an internal resistance of a battery;

determining a rate of increase of the internal resistance of the battery, the rate of increase of the internal resistance being a rate at which the internal resistance of the battery increases with respect to an initially detected internal resistance of the battery;

calculating an actual current integration value by integrating a detected discharge current of the battery during an elapsed time from a start of battery use to a present time and calculate a reference current integration value based on the elapsed time;

calculating an integrated current ratio, which is a ratio of the actual current integration value to the reference current integrated value; and

estimating a capacity retention rate of the battery as an estimated capacity retention rate based on a map that shows a correspondence relationship between the determined rate of increase of the internal resistance and the integrated current ratio, the map showing that: the capacity retention rate decreases as the rate of increase of the internal resistance increases, and the capacity retention rate decreases as the integrated current ratio decreases.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 2, 2018
From: SHIMOSAWA, HIRONOBU
To: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046250/0013 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 23, 2018
From: SAKAI, KENICHI; HOSAKA, KENJI; SHIRATSUCHI, TOMOYUKI
To: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 045877/0779 →
Continuity (1)
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