Patent ID: 11906588
Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B  H  Y | IPC B  G  H

Claim 0:
1. A battery monitoring apparatus which monitors states of battery cells installed in a vehicle comprising:
a battery electronic control unit;
satellite devices each of which measures a voltage at a battery cell in response to a command outputted from the battery electronic control unit; and
a single wireless module configured to implement wireless communication between the battery electronic control unit and each of the satellite devices after a wireless connection between the battery electronic control unit and each of the satellite devices is completed, wherein
the wireless module includes a plurality of master units installed in the battery electronic control unit and a plurality of slave units installed in the satellite devices,
the battery electronic control unit includes a microcomputer configured to output the commands for the satellite devices to the master units, and
the master units are connected parallel to each other directly with the microcomputer, each of the master units implementing the wireless communication with a corresponding one(s) of the slave units.