US Patent Issued to Samsung SDI on April 14 for "Protection circuit module and battery pack including the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,492, issued on April 14, was assigned to Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Protection circuit module and battery pack including the same" was invented by Peel Sik Jeon (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Un Sic Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A protection circuit arrangement includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface; a connector on the first surface and electrically connected to a battery cell; an overvoltage protection element on the second surface and electrically connected to the connector; and a fuse on the first surface and electrically connected to the overvoltage protecti...