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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2015
Applicant:
Samsung Sdi Co., Ltd., Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventor:
Duk-Jung Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Yongin-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/0026 (2013.01); H02J 7/0021 (2013.01); H02J 7/0042 (2013.01); H02J 2007/0098 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7055 (2013.01);
Abstract
A rechargeable battery charging apparatus includes a battery module including a plurality of battery cells, a charging unit configured to charge the battery module using power supplied from an external power source, and an overcharge preventing unit configured to deform according to an internal pressure of the battery module to electrically couple the battery module and the charging unit, wherein the charging unit is configured to stop charging the battery module when the charging unit is electrically coupled to the battery module by the overcharge preventing unit.