Patent ID: 7508166

Claim:
A charge condition adjusting apparatus comprising: a voltage detecting device detecting each voltage between both ends of plural unit cells structured by connecting secondary batteries to each other; a discharging resistor for discharging the unit cell; and an equalizing device controlling discharge through the discharging resistor of the plural unit cells based on the voltages between the both ends of the respective unit cells detected by the voltage detecting device so as to equalize the voltages between both electrodes of the plural unit cells, wherein the plural unit cells are segmented to plural cell blocks, wherein the equalizing device comprises: a first equalizing unit selecting a smallest unit cell in the cell block, which has a smallest voltage between the both ends thereof among the plural unit cells of the cell block, and discharging each cell block by connecting both ends of the cell block and the discharging resistor until the voltage between the both ends of the smallest unit cell in the cell block reaches a target voltage, and a second equalizing unit discharging each unit cell by connecting the both ends of the each unit cell and the discharging resistor until the each voltage between the both ends of the plural unit cells in each cell block reaches the target voltage after discharging by the first equalizing unit is completed.