ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,721, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to SAMSUNG SDI Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).
"Circuit device for protecting battery" was invented by Haneul Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Kyongpil Jin (Yongin-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery protection circuit device includes a first voltage distribution circuit that connects to positive and negative charger terminals, and configured to distribute a charging voltage of the charger; a first FET that connects between a battery and the positive terminal to receive a charging current from the charger and supply the charging current to the battery, the first FET being...