Energy storage apparatus and control method for current interrupting device
AssigneeGS Yuasa International Ltd.
InventorRyuichi Ito
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Abstract
An energy storage apparatus 50 includes an energy storage cell 62, a current interruption device 53 that interrupts a current I to the energy storage cell 62 and a control unit 121. The control unit 121 interrupts a current by opening the current interruption device 53 in a case where abnormality of the energy storage apparatus 50 is detected together with a vehicle crash, and resumes the supply of electricity to a vehicle, which has been crashed, by closing the current interruption device 53 in a case where the abnormality is no longer detected.
Claims11
An energy storage apparatus comprising:
- an energy storage cell;
- a current interruption device configured to interrupt a current to the energy storage cell;
- and
- a control unit,
- wherein the control unit is configured to:
- interrupt a current by opening the current interruption device in a case where abnormality of the energy storage apparatus is detected due to a vehicle crash;
- and
- resume supply of electricity to a vehicle, which has been crashed, by closing the current interruption device in a case where the abnormality is no longer detected.
A method of controlling a current interruption device, comprising:
- interrupting a current by opening the current interruption device in a case where abnormality of an energy storage apparatus is detected due to a vehicle crash;
- and
- resuming supply of electricity to a vehicle, which has been crashed, by closing the current interruption device in a case where the abnormality is no longer detected.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.