Patent ID: 8330418

Claim:
A power supply device comprising: a series battery group that includes a plurality of rechargeable batteries that are connected to each other in series; and cell block equalizing circuits each of which discharges or charges batteries composing said series battery group so as to equalizes the electrical properties of the batteries, wherein said series battery group is divided into a plurality of cell blocks, wherein said cell block equalizing circuits serve as in-block equalization circuits each of which is connected to batteries composing the corresponding cell block to equalize the electrical properties of the batteries composing the corresponding cell block, wherein said in-block equalization circuit includes a DC/DC converter that operates with being supplied with electric power from batteries as power supply composing the corresponding cell block, output control switches each of which connects the output side of said DC/DC converter to the corresponding battery, and a switching control circuit that controls ON/OFF of said output control switch, wherein said DC/DC converter includes a transformer the primary-side of which is connected through a primary-side switching element to the series battery group composed of the cell blocks, wherein said transformer includes charging secondary winding lines that can charge the batteries composing said corresponding cell block, and a discharging secondary winding line that can discharge said corresponding cell block, wherein said charging secondary winding line is connected to the corresponding battery through a secondary-side rectification output circuit and the corresponding control switch, and said discharging secondary winding line is connected to a block discharging circuit through a block discharging switch, wherein said block discharging switch is controlled by said switching control circuit, wherein said switching control circuit controls said output control switches of the corresponding cell block for equalizing the electrical properties of the batteries composing the corresponding cell block, and wherein said switching control circuit controls said block discharging switch for equalizing the battery electrical properties of the cell blocks.