US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on June 24 for "System and method of detecting leakage of battery cell" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,307, issued on June 24, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"System and method of detecting leakage of battery cell" was invented by Se Hyun Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method of detecting leakage in a pouch-type battery cell includes a press unit configured to position and press the pouch-type battery cell, and a measurement unit configured to measure the insulation resistance of the cell pressed by the press unit."

The patent was filed on Dec. 15, 2022, under Application No. 18/082,287.

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