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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2019
Vehicle for distributing current load in consideration of state of health and control method thereof
Applicants:
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Sung Un Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Cheon Maeng, Yongin-si, KR;
Young Ki Kim, Gunpo-si, KR;
Jae Yong Lee, Chungju-si, KR;
Sungjin Choi, Gwangmyeong-si, KR;
Assignees:
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/14 (2006.01); B60L 58/16 (2019.01); B60L 58/22 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 58/16 (2019.02); B60L 58/22 (2019.02); H02J 7/005 (2020.01); H02J 7/0014 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes: a battery pack including a plurality of battery cells connected in parallel; and a controller configured to distribute a current load having a magnitude proportional to a state of health (SOH) of each of the plurality of battery cells to each of the plurality of battery cells, and to control the charging and discharging of each of the plurality of battery cells according to the magnitude of the distributed current load.