IP Library Granted Patent US 11,420,608
Granted Patent B2
US 11,420,608 · App. 16/491,610 · Granted Aug 23, 2022

Vehicle electricity storage device

Inventors: Takeshi Umeda (Osaka, JP); Yohsuke Mitani (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
B60T17/22B60R16/033G01R31/016G01R31/382G01R31/392H02J9/06B60T8/17B60Y2400/11H01M10/4264H01M2010/4271H01M2220/20
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Patent No.
US 11,420,608
App. No.
16/491,610
Granted
Aug 23, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle electricity storage device includes a capacitor unit for supplying stored electric power to an electronically controlled system, and a microcomputer including a memory. The memory stores a plurality of thresholds (internal resistance limit values) different from each other. Each of the plurality of thresholds is to be compared with an electrical characteristic value (internal resistance value) related to the capacitor unit for determining a deterioration state of the capacitor unit. The each of the plurality of thresholds is stored in association with an identification ID for identifying the electronically controlled system. The microcomputer acquires the identification ID from the electronically controlled system. And the microcomputer selects, from the plurality of thresholds, a threshold associated with the identification ID acquired. Then the microcomputer determines the deterioration state of the capacitor unit by using the electrical characteristic value and the threshold selected.

Claims (16)

1. A vehicle electricity storage device to be connected to an electronically controlled system mounted on a vehicle, the electronically controlled system being further connected to a main power supply of the vehicle, the vehicle electricity storage device comprising:

an electricity storage unit for supplying stored electric power to the electronically controlled system; and

a controller including a memory unit that stores a plurality of thresholds different from each other, each of the plurality of thresholds being to be compared with an electrical characteristic value related to the electricity storage unit for determining a deterioration state of the electricity storage unit, the each of the plurality of thresholds being stored in association with identification information for identifying the electronically controlled system,

wherein:

the controller acquires the identification information from the electronically controlled system,

the controller selects, from the plurality of thresholds, a threshold associated with the identification information acquired, and

the controller determines the deterioration state of the electricity storage unit by using the electrical characteristic value and the threshold selected.

2. The vehicle electricity storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the electrical characteristic value is an internal resistance value or an internal capacitance value of a capacitor unit included in the electricity storage unit.

3. The vehicle electricity storage device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the electricity storage unit includes a capacitor unit including a plurality of capacitors,

the electrical characteristic value includes an internal resistance value of the capacitor unit,

the each of the plurality of thresholds includes a limit value of the internal resistance value, the limit value of the internal resistance value corresponding to an internal capacitance value of the capacitor unit,

the controller obtains the internal resistance value and the internal capacitance value, and

the controller determines the deterioration state of the capacitor unit by comparing the internal resistance value with the limit value of the internal resistance value corresponding to the internal capacitance value.

4. The vehicle electricity storage device according to claim 1 , wherein every time when the controller determines the deterioration state of the electricity storage unit, the controller acquires the identification information from the electronically controlled system and selects the threshold from the plurality of thresholds.

5. The vehicle electricity storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the electronically controlled system is an electronically controlled brake system.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 21, 2020
From: UMEDA, TAKESHI; MITANI, YOHSUKE
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051575/0527 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-068873 · Mar 30, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200010070A1 · Jan 9, 2020