ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,259, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).
"Overcurrent protection apparatus and protection method thereof" was invented by Kyu Sung Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An overcurrent protection apparatus includes a current sensor configured to measure a charging current or discharging current of a battery pack, a switch configured to connect or disconnect the battery pack, and an overcurrent protection circuit configured to receive an output signal of the current sensor as an input voltage to compare the input voltage and a reference voltage, allow the switch to maint...