ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,979, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Abnormal cell diagnosing method and battery system applying the same" was invented by Junguk Park (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery system includes: a battery pack including a plurality of battery cells; and a battery management system for setting numbers to the battery cells by measuring cell voltages of the respective battery cells at a wake-up time, detecting a maximum cell voltage and a minimum cell voltage by periodically measuring the cell voltage of the respective battery cells after the wake-up, comparing the mi...