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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2011
Applicant:
Ju-young Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Inventor:
Ju-Young Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Assignee:
LG Chem, Ltd., , KR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/00 (2006.01); G01N 27/416 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for managing a battery pack for a vehicle includes a temperature measurement module for measuring temperature of the battery pack; a current measurement module for measuring a charge/discharge current of the battery pack when the measured temperature is not within a predetermined temperature range; a time measurement module for measuring the time while the measured charge/discharge current is over a predetermined current value; a storage module for accumulating and storing the measured time; and a control module for determining a state of the battery pack according to the accumulated and stored time and providing the state information to a user.