Patent ID: 11949268
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G  Y | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A battery pack comprising:
a plurality of slave battery modules, each of the plurality of slave battery modules comprising a battery that includes at least one battery cell and a slave controller that is configured to control charge and discharge of the battery;
a master battery module comprising a master controller configured to control the slave controller; and
a communication cable having formed thereon a first port to which the master controller is connected and a plurality of second ports to which the slave controller is connected,
wherein the first port comprises an identification terminal configured to output an identification signal, which is an electrical signal that indicates a number of the plurality of second ports,
wherein, when the master controller is electrically connected to the identification terminal, the master controller is further configured to detect the number of the plurality of second ports based on the identification signal and estimate a number of battery modules included in the battery pack.