ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,477, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Device and method for diagnosing damage to switch in battery protection circuit, and battery management device comprising same" was invented by Seung Min Yang (Daejeon, South Korea) and Yun Jang (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method for diagnosing damage of a switch in a battery protection circuit include a battery protection circuit including a first switch and a second switch connected to a battery pack and a switch damage diagnosing device for measuring in the battery protection circuit and for diagnosing w...