Lg Chem, Ltd

Lg Energy Solution, Ltd.

Chang Hyun Sung

Sang Hoon Lee

Jaedong Park

Ho Byung Yoon

Hyunki Cho

Yean Sik Choi

Yasuhito Eguchi

Taehwan Roh

Younghwan Kim

Jong Cheol Lee

Hujun Lee

Geunhoe Huh

The battery module according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a battery cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked; and a sensing assembly located on the battery cell stack. The sensing assembly includes a main body located on the battery cell stack and a module connector connected to the main body. The main body is a flexible printed circuit (FPC) or a flexible flat cable (FFC), and the main body includes a heating wire circuit.

Battery module and battery pack including the same

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 battery cell. A first transistor is connected between a second terminal of the first inductor and a second terminal of the second inductor. A first active element is connected between a positive electrode of the first battery cell and the second terminal of the first inductor, and a second active element is connected between a negative electrode of the third battery cell and the second terminal of the second inductor.

Cell balancing apparatus, battery apparatus including the same, and cell balancing method

A device and a method for equalizing and precharging a cell module, which may form a circuit for performing a corresponding operation by a converter unit by selectively connecting the converter unit and one or more cell modules by controlling a conduction state of a switching unit based on an operation which the converter intends to perform.

Cell module equalization and precharge device and method

A system of predicting a failure rate of a contactor before the generation of a failure by counting a lifespan index of the contactor based on normality of through-currents of a primary side and a secondary side of the contactor, and determining that a failure rate of the contactor increases when a count value for an abnormal through-current exceeds a predetermined threshold value.

Contactor failure rate prediction system and method

An apparatus and a method of equalizing a battery module supplies an equalization current to a battery module which is diagnosed to have abnormality via an equalization current supply circuit when an abnormality is generated in a state of charge (SoC) of one or more battery modules, and equalize the SoC of the one or more battery modules.

Apparatus and method for battery module equalization

An off-prevention circuit has a battery management system and a contactor multi-connected via a plurality of positive electrode terminals and a plurality of negative electrode terminals provided in each of the battery management system and the contactor. Even when any one connection among the connections of the plurality of positive electrode terminals and the plurality of negative electrode terminals is disconnected or opened, it is possible to maintain supply of power supplied from the battery management system to the contactor through another connection of the positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal.

Off-prevention circuit of contactor

An apparatus and a method for measuring insulation resistance of a battery pack using an insulation resistance meter (IRM) circuit where only a negative relay is electrically conducted, thereby decreasing a risk of electric shock when insulation resistance is measured in a state where an external insulation resistor of the battery pack is broken.

Device and method for measuring insulation resistance of battery pack by using negative electrode relay

The present invention relates to a current measurement apparatus using a shunt resistor, and a current measurement apparatus using a shunt resistor, in which two or more busbar-type components, to which one shunt resistor is applied, in the related art are integrated into one busbar module, and a voltage of a battery module is measured through the plurality of shunt resistors included in the one integrated busbar module, thereby decreasing volumes and price of the battery module and a battery pack, and the plurality of shunt resistors is measured through the plurality of measuring units, respectively, thereby measuring a reliable voltage value.

Current measurement apparatus using shunt resistor

The present invention relates to a system and a method of remotely managing a battery for a vehicle, in which electromagnetic waves emitted from a vehicle adjacent to a vehicle for management are rectified and are usable as operation power for monitoring a state of the battery of the vehicle for management, and a passive radio frequency identification (RFID) reader module installed in the vehicle adjacent to the vehicle for management obtains the state of the battery of the vehicle for management and then provides a terminal of an owner of the vehicle for management with the obtained state of the battery, thereby enabling the owner of the vehicle for management located at a remote place to recognize a charging/discharging state of the battery of his/her vehicle and the like in real time.

Vehicle battery remote management system and method

A system and a method in which a contactor coil control unit, which applies an operation signal to a contactor coil (relay coil) that opens or connects contact points of a contactor (Relay), during a travelling of a vehicle applies an abnormal signal to the contactor coil by an external reason or a failure, the abnormal signal is detected in real time, so that it is possible to prevent the contact point of the contactor from being unintentionally opened by the abnormal signal, and it is possible to prevent an operating vehicle from being suddenly stopped by determining whether the vehicle actually travels based on a maintenance time of the abnormal signal and whether the abnormal signal is applied due to an actual failure of the contactor coil control unit.

System and method for preventing abnormal opening of contactor through real-time operation detection

The overvoltage protection circuit according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a voltage measurement unit for measuring the voltage of a battery; a power control unit that supplies power if the battery voltage value measured in the voltage measurement unit is equal to or greater than a first predetermined voltage value; and a cut-off circuit unit that receives power supplied from the power control unit and cuts off the charge of the battery if the voltage value of the battery is equal to or greater than a second predetermined voltage value that is higher than the first voltage value.

Overvoltage protection circuit, control method therefor and battery pack

The present invention relates to an insulation resistance measuring system and device which calculate resistance values of the positive electrode insulation resistance and the negative electrode insulation resistance by using convergence values of the first voltage and the second voltage, in order to measure the positive electrode insulation resistance and the negative electrode insulation resistance connected to both terminals of a battery pack with a capacitor, respectively.

Insulation resistance measuring system and device

The present invention relates to a battery cell balancing system and method using LC resonance. The present invention comprises: a drive unit including one or more battery cells connected in series, a resonance module for performing a resonant operation, and a switch unit provided so as to allow electric charges stored in the resonance module to be transferred to each of the one or more battery cells; and a control unit for measuring a resonance period of the resonance module according to a voltage state of each of the one or more battery cells, and transferring the electric charges charged in the resonance module to each of the one or more battery cells by controlling an on/off operation of the switch unit according to the measured resonance period.

Battery cell balancing system and method using LC resonance

Provided are switch deterioration detection device and method. More particularly, the switch deterioration detection device includes: a resistor serially connected with a battery in which charge and discharge are controlled through a switch; a first differential amplifier configured to amplify a voltage difference between both ends of the switch to output the amplified voltage difference as a first output voltage; a second differential amplifier configured to amplify a voltage difference between both ends of the resistor to output the amplified voltage difference as a second output voltage; a comparator configured to compare levels between the second and second output voltages; and a controller configured to determine whether the switch deteriorates based on the compared result of the comparator.

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Daejeon, South Korea

Chang Hyun Sung