ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. RE50,397, issued on April 22, was assigned to SAMSUNG SDI Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).
"Battery pack" was invented by Jiyeon Choi (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jongchan Han (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Giyoung Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery pack includes a battery, a terminal unit, a first current path, a second current path, and a first voltage sensing path. The battery has first and second battery terminals. The terminal unit includes a first pack terminal, a second pack terminal, and a first sensing terminal. The first current path includes charging and discharging switches and is located between th...