US Patent Issued to LG ENERGY SOLUTION on Aug. 25 for "Battery condition monitoring device and method, and battery protection device" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,949, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery condition monitoring device and method, and battery protection device" was invented by Sung Shik Kong (Daejeon, South Korea), Minkyu Kim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Byeongho Mun (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery protection apparatus including a first current sensor connected to a positive terminal of a battery to measure a first current value; a second current sensor connected to a negative terminal of the battery to measure a second current value; a contactor including a first contactor positioned between the po...