US Patent Issued to Samsung SDI on June 10 for "Battery protection apparatus and battery system including the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,327,994, issued on June 10, was assigned to Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Battery protection apparatus and battery system including the same" was invented by Keunyoung Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Hyun Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Sunho Choi (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery protection apparatus according to one or more embodiments includes a high voltage switch connected between a high voltage battery module and an external load, a battery configured to supply power to operate the high voltage switch, and a switch control circuit configured to output a signal to control the high volt...