US Patent Issued to Samsung SDI on July 21 for "Battery protective circuit for short circuit detection and battery pack comprising same" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,226, issued on July 21, was assigned to Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Battery protective circuit for short circuit detection and battery pack comprising same" was invented by Kyongpil Jin (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery protective circuit may include: a first switch connected between a negative pack terminal of a battery pack and an output node to control an electrical connection between the negative pack terminal and the output node; a first resistor connected between the output node and a ground; and a controller configured to control on or off of the first switch and to determine ...