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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
May. 24, 2013
Lg Chem, Ltd., Seoul, KR;
Jung-Soo Kang, Daejeon, KR;
Jong-Mo Jung, Daejeon, KR;
LG Chem, Ltd., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, provided is an apparatus for managing a battery system having a plurality of battery cells connected in series, the apparatus comprising a performance measurement section for measuring a performance of each of the battery cells; a cell switching section for turning on or off a connection of each battery cell to other battery cells; and a controlling section for comparing the performance of each battery cell measured by the performance measurement section with a reference performance and, in the presence of the battery cell(s) having measured performance lower than the reference performance, controlling the cell switching section to interrupt the connection of the relevant battery cell(s) to other battery cells.