US Patent Issued to Samsung SDI on May 12 for "Apparatus and method for protecting battery pack" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,163, issued on May 12, was assigned to Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method for protecting battery pack" was invented by Hwan Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Seung Hyeok Park (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for protecting a battery pack, includes: a battery module; a relay to apply an output of the battery module to a load of a vehicle, or block the output of the battery module; an actuator to operate by a power supplied from a starter battery; and a processor to: monitor the battery module when a start signal is input to detect a failure of the relay; and if the failu...