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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2015
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventor:
Young-Chul Shin, Seongnam-si, KR;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/42 (2006.01); H01M 10/48 (2006.01); H01M 2/10 (2006.01); H01M 10/052 (2010.01); H01M 10/30 (2006.01); H01M 10/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/4207 (2013.01); H01M 2/1022 (2013.01); H01M 10/425 (2013.01); H01M 10/482 (2013.01); H01M 10/052 (2013.01); H01M 10/30 (2013.01); H01M 10/345 (2013.01); H01M 2010/4271 (2013.01); H01M 2220/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
In accordance with an embodiment of a disclosure, a battery pack is disclosed that includes a first battery cell of a first battery type, a second battery cell of a second battery type, a sensor enabled to measure a current and/or a voltage of the first battery cell and/or the second battery cell, a controller enabled to compare a measured current with a current threshold and/or a measured voltage with a voltage threshold, and a switching circuit enabled to connect to the controller one of the first battery cell and the second battery cell, based on a result of the comparison.