Patent ID: 6014012
Filing Date: 2000-01-11
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
An apparatus for managing a battery unit having a plurality of storage batteries, comprising:a plurality of first voltage detecting means for detecting voltages of the storage batteries, respectively;second voltage detecting means for detecting a total voltage of the battery unit;defect detecting means for detecting defects in the storage batteries on the basis of the voltages detected by the first voltage detecting means;abnormality detecting means for detecting an abnormal voltage in the battery unit on the basis of the voltage detected by the second voltage detecting means;temperature detecting means for detecting temperature in the battery unit;battery life determining means for determining a life of each of the storage batteries has dead, on the basis of the temperature detected by the temperature detecting means; andinformation means for informing results of the detection performed by the defect detecting means and abnormality detecting means and results of the determination made by the battery life determining means.