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Patent No.:

US 9263900 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016

Filed:

Feb. 21, 2013

Battery pack including a battery management system configured to control charging and discharging thereof

Applicant:

Samsung Sdi Co., Ltd., Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventors:

Ri-A Ju, Yongin-si, KR;

Hyun Kim, Yongin-si, KR;

Suk-Kyum Kim, Yongin-si, KR;

Seok-Gyun Woo, Yongin-si, KR;

Assignee:

Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Yongin-si, KR;

Attorney:

Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP

Primary Examiner:

Stacy Whitmore

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 3/00 (2006.01); B60L 3/04 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); H02J 7/02 (2006.01); H02J 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/0029 (2013.01); B60L 3/0046 (2013.01); B60L 3/0092 (2013.01); B60L 3/04 (2013.01); B60L 11/1816 (2013.01); B60L 11/1859 (2013.01); B60L 11/1861 (2013.01); B60L 11/1862 (2013.01); B60L 11/1866 (2013.01); B60L 11/1868 (2013.01); B60L 11/1872 (2013.01); H02J 7/0031 (2013.01); H02J 7/027 (2013.01); H02J 7/044 (2013.01); H02J 7/047 (2013.01); H02J 7/048 (2013.01); B60L 2240/545 (2013.01); H02J 7/009 (2013.01); H02J 7/0088 (2013.01); H02J 7/0091 (2013.01); H02J 7/0093 (2013.01); H02J 7/04 (2013.01); H02J 7/042 (2013.01); H02J 2007/004 (2013.01); H02J 2007/0037 (2013.01); Y02E 60/12 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7005 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7044 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7061 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7066 (2013.01); Y02T 90/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

A battery pack including: a first terminal; a second terminal; a battery module coupled between the first terminal and the second terminal, the battery module having a state of charge; a sensor configured to measure a swelling of the battery module and to generate a swelling data value; and a battery management system configured to control a charging and a discharging of the battery module to reduce a swelling rate of the battery module or to correct the swelling of the battery module according to the swelling data value and the state of charge.

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