ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,401,209, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Device and method for blocking current using disconnector" was invented by Chang Bog Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Jae Chan Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) and Hyeon Jin Song (Daejeon, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy storage system (ESS) including a plurality of battery modules and a battery protection unit, the battery protection unit includes a microcontroller (MCU) for controlling charge and discharge of the ESS, a first main contactor and a second main contactor connecting or disconnecting between the plurality of battery modules ...