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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2018
Applicants:
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Inventor:
Jong Hu Yoon, Anyang-si, KR;
Assignees:
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul, KR;
KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 23/24 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H01M 10/613 (2014.01); H01M 10/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 23/241 (2013.01); H01M 10/00 (2013.01); H01M 10/613 (2015.04); H02J 7/0029 (2013.01); H02J 7/0047 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and a method for detecting water flowing into a battery system is disclosed. The apparatus includes a detection circuit unit to output different voltage values based on a level of water flowing into the battery system, and a water inflow determining unit to measure a voltage value output from the detection circuit unit and to determine a water inflow state of the battery system based on the measured voltage value.