Patent ID: 9465079
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: B60L,G01R,H01M,H02J,Y02E,Y02T

Claim Text:
1. A battery pack, comprising: a battery comprising a secondary battery; a temperature detection unit configured to detect a temperature of the battery; a notification unit configured to notify that the battery is in a fully charged state; a determination unit configured to determine whether the battery is in the fully charged state; a processing unit configured to execute a full charge process if it is determined by the determination unit that the battery is in the fully charged state, the full charge process being one of causing the notification unit to make a notification and maintaining a possible state, in which making a notification by the notification unit is possible; and a factor detection unit configured to detect, as an increase factor that leads to an increase in a chargeable capacity of the battery, that a current temperature of the batter detected by the temperature detection unit has risen from a temperature at the time when it is determined by the determination unit that the battery is in the fully charged state, wherein the processing unit stops the full charge process if occurrence of the at least one predetermined increase factor is detected by the factor detection unit during the execution of the full charge process.