US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on July 8 for "Method for balancing parallel battery packs using pre-charging circuit and apparatus and system for the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,070, issued on July 8, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method for balancing parallel battery packs using pre-charging circuit and apparatus and system for the same" was invented by Yoon Cheol Jeon (Suwon-Si, South Korea), Hyun Ki Cho (Anyang-Si, South Korea) and Jin Soo Jang (Yongin-Si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a method in an electricity-driven apparatus to be driven by receiving power through a plurality of battery packs in a parallel type. The method includes detecting a state of charge (SOC) of each of the plurality of battery packs, calculati...