US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on July 14 for "Apparatus, system, and method for management of a battery" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,681,094, issued on July 14, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus, system, and method for management of a battery" was invented by Yo Han Baek (Anyang-si, South Korea), Yoon Sung Choi (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Sang Jin Lee (Goyang-si, South Korea), Hyo Kyung Lee (Anyang-si, South Korea) and Yoo Hong Jang (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery management apparatus includes a voltage sensor configured to measure a voltage of one or more battery cells, a control circuit configured to diagnose a defect in the one or more battery cells by determinin...