Battery control apparatus, vehicle, and battery control method

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PATENT NO 8928281
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13239390

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A battery control apparatus includes: a battery circuit in which a plurality of batteries are connected in series; a plurality of bypass circuits, each of which removes a corresponding battery from the battery circuit; a plurality of switches, each of which switches whether to connect a corresponding battery in series with the other batteries, or to connect the corresponding battery to a corresponding bypass circuit to remove the corresponding battery from the battery circuit; a deterioration detecting section that detects deterioration of each of the plurality of batteries; and a switch control section that controls the plurality of switches to remove, from the battery circuit, the batteries having greater deterioration and connects, in series, the batteries having smaller deterioration.

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ITOCHU CORPORATION5-1 KITA-AOYAMA 2-CHOME MINATO-KU TOKYO 107-7

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Murase, Hiroaki Tokyo, JP 19 152
Muto, Kazuhiro Chiba, JP 10 232

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