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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2014
Applicant:
Lg Chem, Ltd., Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
LG CHEM, LTD., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H01M 10/44 (2006.01); H01M 10/48 (2006.01); H01M 10/633 (2014.01); H01M 10/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/0063 (2013.01); H01M 10/443 (2013.01); H01M 10/486 (2013.01); H01M 10/633 (2015.04); H01M 2010/4271 (2013.01); H02J 2007/0067 (2013.01);
Abstract
A battery warm up system according to the present disclosure includes a battery state measuring unit to measure a state of charge (SOC) of each module of a battery pack of a vehicle, a control unit to optionally output a forced discharging start signal and to output a balancing start signal, a forced discharging circuit unit to force at least one battery module among a plurality of battery modules of the battery pack to be discharged in response to the forced discharging start signal, and a balancing unit to balance the SOC of each of the battery modules in response to the balancing start signal.