US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Aug. 12 for "Apparatus for detecting overheating of battery module and method thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,252, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus for detecting overheating of battery module and method thereof" was invented by Yoon Jun Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Jong Hu Yoon (Incheon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for detecting overheating of a battery module includes a battery pack including a first battery module and a second battery module, a first temperature fuse arranged on the first battery module and having a first resistance value, a second temperature fuse arranged on the second battery module and having a second res...