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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2014
Applicant:
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Inventor:
Woo Jin Shin, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/34 (2006.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/345 (2013.01); H04W 4/008 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for preventing over-charge for a vehicle battery includes a switch disposed between an adjacent battery cell and a battery cell and closely contact the battery cells when each of the battery cells swell and to form a contact. An inflator is configured to be exploded when the switch is connected. A cushion configured to be disposed between the adjacent battery cell and the battery cell and swells depending on the explosion of the inflator to cut a lead tab which connects the adjacent battery cell and the battery cell.