ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,497, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Method and apparatus for diagnosing an eco-friendly vehicle battery" was invented by Jung Hyun Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of diagnosing an eco-friendly vehicle battery includes selecting a candidate cell for swelling diagnosis based on voltage levels among a plurality of cells in response to the battery entering a constant voltage charging mode. The method includes determining an average resistance value of the plurality of cells and a resistance value of the candidate cell...