ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,274, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Device and method for preventing application of overcurrent" was invented by Do Yul Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an overcurrent application prevention device including a current sensor for measuring a charging current applied from a charging unit to a battery, a bypass unit, a 3-terminal switch having a first end connected to charging unit and a second end that is switched to be connected to the battery or the bypass unit, a comparator for receiving the measured charging current and controlling the 3-termina...