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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2019
Applicants:
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Inventor:
Jong Seo Yoon, Incheon, KR;
Assignees:
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul, KR;
KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 58/22 (2019.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 58/20 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 58/22 (2019.02); B60L 58/20 (2019.02); H02J 7/0019 (2013.01); H02J 7/0021 (2013.01); H02J 7/0024 (2013.01); H02J 7/0029 (2013.01); B60L 2240/12 (2013.01); B60L 2240/547 (2013.01); Y02T 10/70 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of controlling a battery system having a battery unit and a controller, the method including checking, by the controller, a voltage deviation between a plurality of battery modules of the battery unit, and, when a voltage deviation between the plurality of battery modules is greater than a preset reference value, performing, by the controller, voltage balancing via energy movement between the battery modules by controlling a plurality of first relays to be selectively closed and controlling a plurality of second relays to be opened.