Patent ID: 11867766
Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B  H  Y | IPC B  G  H

Claim 5:
6. The battery system according to claim 1, wherein: A battery system comprising:
a plurality of battery modules, each of the plurality of battery modules including a battery unit and a battery monitoring unit; and
a control apparatus, wherein:
the plurality of battery modules comprises a battery group that includes two or more battery modules including battery units and battery monitoring units, the battery monitoring units of the two or more battery modules in the battery group being connected to each other via a communication line, the two or more battery modules in the battery group performing wired communication via the communication line;
the battery group further includes
a wireless receiving unit that wirelessly receives a command signal that is transmitted from the control apparatus, and
a wireless transmitting unit that wirelessly transmits, to the control apparatus, a data signal that includes module identification information that differs for each battery module;

in the battery group, the wireless receiving unit is provided in a single battery module of the two or more battery modules and the wireless transmitting unit is provided in a single battery module of the two or more battery modules;
the plurality of battery modules comprise a plurality of the battery groups;
the data signal acquired from each of the plurality of battery groups includes group identification information that differs for each of the plurality of battery groups;
the control apparatus includes a group identifying unit that identifies each of the plurality of battery groups based on the group identification information; and
the battery monitoring unit of the battery module included in each battery group includes a generating unit that generates the module identification information based on an identification result from the group identifying unit.