US Patent Issued to Samsung SDI on May 26 for "Switch diagnostic device and battery pack including the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,504, issued on May 26, was assigned to Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Switch diagnostic device and battery pack including the same" was invented by Duck-Hyun Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Giho Seo (Yongin-si, South Korea), Kwangmin Yoo (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Kyosung Koo (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One or more embodiments provide a switch diagnosis device including: a switch in a current path at a high voltage side; a voltage-sensing circuit configured to generate a voltage signal by sensing a voltage across the switch at the high voltage side; a current-sensing circuit configured to ge...