US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG SDI on Dec. 16 for "Battery control device and short-circuit detection method thereof" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,428, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to SAMSUNG SDI Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Battery control device and short-circuit detection method thereof" was invented by Hyungkyu Nam (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery control device includes: a first battery control unit configured to control an electrical connection between an external load and a first battery module, the first battery control unit including: a first switch connected between a positive terminal for the first battery module and the external load; a second switch connected between a negative terminal for the first battery module and the ...