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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2023
Applicants:
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Yoon Jun Lee, Seoul, KR;
Jong Hu Yoon, Incheon, KR;
Assignees:
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 3/00 (2019.01); B60L 58/18 (2019.01); H01M 10/48 (2006.01); H01M 50/581 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 3/0046 (2013.01); B60L 58/18 (2019.02); H01M 10/482 (2013.01); H01M 10/486 (2013.01); H01M 50/581 (2021.01); H01M 2200/103 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for detecting overheating of a battery module includes a battery pack including a first battery module and a second battery module, a first temperature fuse arranged on the first battery module and having a first resistance value, a second temperature fuse arranged on the second battery module and having a second resistance value, and a controller that detects an overheated battery module based on a total resistance value of the first and second temperature fuses, which are connected in parallel to each other.