Patent ID: 9236746
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: H01M,H02J,Y02E,Y02P

Claim Text:
1. A bipolar battery control device comprising: a controller programmed to adjust one of a voltage dispersion and a capacitance dispersion of one or more of a plurality of alternately laminated cells of a bipolar battery by discharging the bipolar battery such that some of the cells of the bipolar battery are discharged and some of the cells are not discharged, in which each of the cells includes a positive pole active material layer formed on one face and a negative pole active material layer formed on the other face, with a current collector formed of an electroconductive thin film between adjacent ones of the cells, the controller being programmed to perform a voltage increase value calculation that calculates a voltage increase value of the cells of the bipolar battery that were not discharged after a discharge of the bipolar battery to adjust the one of the voltage dispersion and the capacitance dispersion carried out on one or more of the cells that form the bipolar battery, the controller being programmed to determine a general discharge current value for discharging to adjust the capacitance based on a result of the voltage increase value calculation.