Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080316710 | Power Converter Device - A power module having three unit power modules and a control circuit board including a gate drive circuit are set up side by side and mounted on a heat exchanger. A pair of positive and negative direct current terminals for connecting the smoothing capacitor and a plurality of alternating current terminals for inputting and outputting polyphase alternating current are integrally-molded into a power module case of the power module. A plurality of control pins for providing switching devices mounted on the unit power modules with control signals are set up on the opposite side of the side where the direct current terminals and the alternating current terminals are set up, which is figured as located in the right of the drawing. The control pins of the switching devices of the unit power modules and the gate signal output terminals of the control circuit board are wire-bonded. The smoothing capacitor is mounted on the side or top of the power module. | 12-25-2008 |
20090229898 | Controller for Electric Storage Device and Vehicle with Controller for Electric Storage Device - A controller for an electric storage device, one side of which is linked with a generator or a motor generator that is rotated by power of an engine to generate AC electrical power and includes a rectifier that converts the AC electrical power into DC electrical power, and the other side of which is linked with an on-vehicle battery and an auxiliary device, includes a switching element, an electric storage battery that is connected in parallel with the switching element, and a control unit that switches the switching element. The control unit turns the switching element ON when a state of charge of the electric storage battery is greater than a state of charge necessary for starting the engine and a voltage of the on-vehicle battery is less than a voltage necessary for starting the engine. | 09-17-2009 |
20100116570 | Battery Module, Battery Device, Electric Motor Drive System and Vehicle - A battery module includes: a plurality of battery cells; a casing in which the plurality of battery cells are housed; a plurality of conductive members used to electrically connect the plurality of battery cells; a first chamber, formed in the casing, in which the plurality of battery cells are disposed; and a second chamber, formed in the casing and isolated from the first chamber, into which emitted matter from the battery cells is released, wherein: the conductive members and the battery cells are connected together within the second chamber. | 05-13-2010 |
20100248008 | Battery Module and Battery Device - A battery module includes: a plurality of battery cells; a casing in which the plurality of battery cells are housed; a plurality of conductive members that electrically connect the plurality of battery cells; and a voltage detection conductor that detects voltages at each of the plurality of battery cells. The casing includes at least a pair of resin side plates that sandwich and support the plurality of battery cells from both sides. The voltage detection conductor is formed in a predetermined shape and integrated with the side plates. | 09-30-2010 |
20110104533 | Battery Power Source - A battery power source includes: a chassis, in which a cooling air path is formed, with the chassis comprising a cooling air inlet; a plurality of cells arranged in the cooling air path; and a temperature sensor that detects temperature at a cell. A through hole for fixing sensor formed on a chassis wall and a groove for wiring formed on an outer peripheral surface of the chassis wall are formed on the chassis. The temperature sensor includes: a sensor section that is inserted from an outside of the chassis and fixed to the through hole for fixing sensor and a front end portion of the sensor section thermally contacts a region to be measured of the cell; and a wire that is drawn from a portion, which is exposed to an outside of the chassis, of the sensor section and is set up inside a groove formed on an outer peripheral surface of the chassis wall. | 05-05-2011 |
20110155485 | Electrical Storage Device - An electrical storage device includes: a conductive battery house casing electrically connected to a chassis; a plurality of battery cells held in the battery house casing; and a control unit that comprises a circuit that manages the plurality of battery cells and is mounted on the battery house casing so that a negative terminal of the circuit and the battery house casing are electrically conducting. | 06-30-2011 |
20110244282 | Electric Storage Module and Electric Storage Device - An electric storage module includes: a plurality of electric storage units; a casing that houses the plurality of electric storage units, and includes a pair of resin side plates that hold and support at least the plurality of electric storage units from opposite sides; a plurality of conductive members for electrically connecting the plurality of electric storage units; a metal cover member that covers the casing on an outside of each of the side plates; and a peripheral wall protruding from each of the side plates so as to surround each of the plurality of conductive members, wherein: a height of the peripheral wall from each of the side plates is higher than a height of the conductive members from each of the side plates, and smaller than a distance from each of the side plates to the cover member. | 10-06-2011 |
20110244283 | Electric Storage Module and Electric Storage Device - An electric storage module includes: a plurality of electric storage units; a casing that houses the plurality of electric storage units; a plurality of conductive members that electrically connect the plurality of electric storage units; and a voltage detection conductor that detects a voltage of each of the plurality of electric storage units, wherein: the casing includes a pair of resin side plates that hold and support at least the plurality of electric storage units from opposite sides, and the voltage detection conductor is formed so as to correspond to positions of the plurality of conductive members and placed on each of the side plates. | 10-06-2011 |
20120094157 | Battery Module, and Electricity Storage Device - An electricity storage device according to the present invention includes a battery module having side plates and cover members assembled to both the sides of a case member of the battery module, so that gas discharge spaces are defined into which gas is emitted from the terminals of battery cells that are stored within the case member. Projecting portions are provided to the side plates respectively, and have through-holes communicating with the gas discharge spaces. The lowermost surfaces of the through-holes of the projecting portions are positioned lower than a axe of any of the battery cells. The projecting portions are connected by a tubular rubber members. | 04-19-2012 |