US Patent Issued to LG Energy Solution on July 7 for "Battery apparatus, battery management system and precharging method" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,345, issued on July 7, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery apparatus, battery management system and precharging method" was invented by Hangon Park (Daejeon, South Korea) and Kihoon Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a battery apparatus, a first precharge switch is connected between a terminal of a first battery pack and a capacitor of an external apparatus, and a second precharge switch is connected between a terminal of a second battery pack and the capacitor. A first precharge control circuit controls an operation of the first precharge switch based on a difference between...