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Patent US8013573 - Battery pack that provides precise voltage measurements of batteries when ... - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsA battery pack is constructed with a plurality of secondary batteries or a plurality of battery assemblies, each having a plurality of unit batteries, and at least one safety switch, which can facilitate precise measurement of the voltages of the plurality of secondary batteries or battery assemblies....http://www.google.com/patents/US8013573?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8013573 - Battery pack that provides precise voltage measurements of batteries when safety switch is presentAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS8013573 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 12/076,426Publication dateSep 6, 2011Filing dateMar 18, 2008Priority dateMar 19, 2007Also published asCN101271991A, EP1976049A1, US20080231232Publication number076426, 12076426, US 8013573 B2, US 8013573B2, US-B2-8013573, US8013573 B2, US8013573B2InventorsSe-Wook Seo, Young-Jo Lee, Yong-Jun Tae, Han-Seok Yun, Gye-Jong Lim, Beom-Gyu KimOriginal AssigneeSamsung Sdi Co., Ltd.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (96), Non-Patent Citations (10), Classifications (7), Legal Events (1) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetBattery pack that provides precise voltage measurements of batteries when safety switch is presentUS 8013573 B2Abstract A battery pack is constructed with a plurality of secondary batteries or a plurality of battery assemblies, each having a plurality of unit batteries, and at least one safety switch, which can facilitate precise measurement of the voltages of the plurality of secondary batteries or battery assemblies. The battery pack is constructed with a plurality of secondary batteries, at least one safety switch electrically connected between two adjacent batteries among the plurality of secondary batteries, and a plurality of sensing lines for measuring voltages of the plurality of secondary batteries. The quantity of the sensing lines is equals to a sum of the number of the secondary batteries, and the number of the safety switches, and plus one.
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H01M10/48BLegal EventsDateCodeEventDescriptionMay 1, 2008ASAssignmentOwner name: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD., KOREA, REPUBLIC OFFree format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNORS:SEO, SE-WOOK;LEE, YOUNG-JO;TAE, YONG-JUN;AND OTHERS;REEL/FRAME:020913/0292Effective date: 20080317RotateOriginal ImageGoogle Home - Sitemap - USPTO Bulk Downloads - Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - About Google Patents - Send FeedbackData provided by IFI CLAIMS Patent Services©2012 Google