US Patent Issued to LG ENERGY SOLUTION on Sept. 23 for "Cell balancing apparatus, battery apparatus including the same, and cell balancing method" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,856, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Cell balancing apparatus, battery apparatus including the same, and cell balancing method" was invented by Chang Hyun Sung (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cell balancing apparatus of a battery module in which a first battery cell, a plurality of second battery cells, and a third battery cell are connected in series is provided. A first terminal of a first inductor is connected to a negative electrode of the first battery cell, and a first terminal of a second inductor is connected to a positive electrode of the third batter...