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| 20080290877 | Apparatus and Method of Testing for Battery - The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for testing batteries, which can prevent errors from occurring due to the tolerance of voltage sensors when the charged states of batteries are measured, and can charge a battery having a charged state deteriorated due to the difference in the resistance of each battery. The apparatus includes a voltage circuit for measuring voltages of N batteries. A resistance circuit decreases voltages of batteries, which are greater than a reference voltage. A connection switch unit selects any one of the N batteries. A divert change unit separates polarities of each battery and changes positions of an cathode and a anode of the battery depending on separated polarities. A selection switch unit selectively connects the cathode and anode of the battery to an cathode and a anode of the voltage circuit or the resistance circuit. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080299449 | Cooling Structure Of Lithium Ion Secondary Battery System - The present invention relates to a cooling structure of a lithium ion secondary battery system. The cooling structure of a lithium ion secondary battery system according to the present invention provides cooling channels for lithium battery unit cells accommodated by a laterally partitioned arrangement of main frames, each having a heat radiation part and lattice-shaped paths, and partitioning frames, and allows air, blown by a cooling fan, to cool the lithium battery unit cells while passing through the cooling channels and the lattice-shaped paths. Each of the main frames has a pair of passage slots formed in both sides thereof to allow the air blown by the cooling fan to be directly blown to each accommodated lithium battery unit cell, thus forming each secondary cooling channel communicating with the pair of passage slots. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20090237030 | CHARGE EQUALIZATION APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a charge equalization apparatus, which allows the primary and secondary windings of a transformer to be easily fabricated, can control the flow of charge to batteries depending on the charged states of series-connected batteries, and can prevent overcurrent from flowing into a battery currently being charged. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090297944 | LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - This invention relates to a lithium secondary battery, the tab shape of which is improved, thus increasing the safety and improving the electrical properties thereof. The lithium secondary battery includes an electrode group composed of a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, a first electrode tab connected to the first electrode, and a second electrode tab connected to the second electrode. The first electrode tab includes a first portion connected to the first electrode and a second portion, which is not the first portion, the width of the first portion being less than the width of the second portion. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090302803 | CHARGE EQUALIZATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present invention relates, in general, to a battery voltage equalization apparatus and method, and, more particularly, to a charge equalization apparatus and method, which decrease the withstand voltages of semiconductor switching elements while maintaining charge equalization performance, thus making it easy to implement the secondary windings of transformers while reducing the costs of the charge equalization apparatus. The charge equalization apparatus includes N first transformers (T | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090322155 | CHARGE OF EQUALIZATION APPARATUS WITH PARALLEL CONNECTION OF SECONDARY WINDINGS OF MULTIPLE TRANSFORMERS - The present invention relates, in general, to a charge equalization apparatus with series-connected battery cells and, more particularly, to a charge equalization apparatus, in which series-connected battery cells (B | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100007308 | CHARGE EQUALIZATION APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a charge equalization apparatus, which can enable the primary windings and the secondary windings of transformers to be easily manufactured, can control the flow of charges into batteries depending on the charged states of series-connected batteries, and can prevent overcurrent from flowing into batteries that are currently being charged. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100024203 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ELECTRODE FOR BATTERY - This invention relates to a method of manufacturing an electrode for a secondary battery, which enables cost savings and the manufacture of products having various sizes and shapes. The method includes (A) preparing an electrode plate, (B) cutting the electrode plate to conform to the width of the electrode, thus providing a unit electrode plate, and (C) removing at least one of the corner regions of the unit electrode plate. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100024204 | FABRICATION OF LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - A method of fabricating a lithium secondary battery, which improves charge-discharge characteristics, lifespan, and temperature characteristics of the battery and which includes interposing a separator between a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate, thus manufacturing an electrode assembly; housing the electrode assembly in a battery case, introducing an additive-containing electrolytic solution, and then sealing the battery case; subjecting the sealed battery case to pre-charging, and then removing gas generated by the pre-charging; subjecting the battery case to formation; and removing gas generated by the formation, wherein the additive is one or more selected from among LiF | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100148726 | CHARGE EQUALIZATION APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a charge equalization apparatus, in which series-connected batteries are divided into modules having certain sizes, and intra-module charge equalization and inter-module charge equalization are simultaneously performed, thus improving charge equalization performance and reducing the circuit size. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100207578 | Automatic Charge Equalization Method and Apparatus for Series Connected Battery String - The present invention relates to an automatic charge equalization apparatus and method having an automatic PWM generating means for a series-connected battery string. The automatic charge equalization method and apparatus for a series-connected battery string according to the present invention can improve charge equalization by accomplishing charge equalization operation after comparing the potential of the corresponding battery cell with the average potential of the plurality of battery cells including the corresponding battery cell upon charging or discharging the corresponding battery cell. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100207579 | Two-Stage Charge Equalization Method and Apparatus for Series-Connected Battery String - A two-stage charge equalization apparatus for a series-connected battery string comprises a battery module having a plurality of batteries connected in series; a battery string having M (M≧2) battery modules connected in series; M charge control switch modules connected in parallel to each of the M battery modules; M second DC/DC converters connected to each of the M charge control switch modules; a single first DC/DC converter connected to the M second DC/DC converter; and a microprocessor controlling the charge control switch module, wherein the first DC/DC converter is inputted with an overall potential of the battery string and outputs a potential lower than the potential inputted and each of batteries composing the battery module shares the second DC/DC converter using the charge control switch module. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100231166 | Battery Management System with Integration of Voltage Sensor and Charge Equalizer - A battery management system according to the present invention comprises a battery module consisted of a plurality of batteries connected in series; a switch module connected in parallel to the battery module; a voltage sensor measuring a voltage of each battery composing the battery module; a charge equalizer causing each battery composing the battery module to be charged, discharged or charged/discharged; and a microprocessor controlling the switch module to determine whether to charge or discharge each battery composing the battery module according to the voltage values measured by the voltage sensor and; wherein the voltage sensor and the charge equalizer are connected in parallel to each battery composing the battery module by the switch module. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100233536 | SAFETY APPARATUS USING HIGH POWER BATTERY - Disclosed is a safety apparatus for responding to a battery short-circuit, and more particularly a safety apparatus for use in the event of a short-circuited of a high power battery, in which a PTC function is integrated into a tab of a high power battery. The safety apparatus for responding to a short-circuit of a high power battery comprises a casing, a battery part including a first electrode plate, a separator, and a second electrode plate arranged in that order and disposed inside the casing, a first tab connected to one of four edges of the first electrode plate via a first tab welding part and protruding from the casing, and a second tab connected to one of four edges of the second electrode plate via a second tab welding part and protruding from the casing, wherein a portion of the first tab ruptures when the first tab and the second tab are short-circuited, thus preventing the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate from being short-circuited. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100261064 | HIGH POWER LITHIUM UNIT CELL AND HIGH POWER LITHIUM BATTERY PACK HAVING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are a high power lithium unit cell and a high power lithium battery pack having the high power lithium unit cell. The present invention increases the width of an electrode terminal of a lithium battery, thus reducing heat generation and a potential drop due to resistance of the electrode terminal, therefore efficiently eliminating the generated heat. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100283433 | CHARGE EQUALIZATION APPARATUS WITH PARALLEL CONNECTION OF PRIMARY WINDINGS OF MULTIPLE TRANSFORMERS - The present invention relates, in general, to a charge equalization apparatus for batteries and, more particularly, to a charge equalization apparatus, in which the primary windings (M | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100310909 | Unit Set Having a Plurality of Lithium Rechargeable Batteries and a Set Having a Plurality of the Unit Sets - The present invention relates to a unit set having a plurality of lithium rechargeable batteries, which can receive and protect a plurality of lithium rechargeable batteries comprised of an pouch and an electrode tap and facilely change a voltage and a capacity thereof according to a degree of freedom in a stack structure of the lithium rechargeable batteries, and a set having a plurality of the unit sets. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100310918 | UNIFIED AIR COOLING STRUCTURE OF HIGH-CAPACITY BATTERY SYSTEM - A uniform air blowing and cooling structure of a high capacity battery system includes a cell assembly having battery cells which are located in parallel at regular intervals while defining cooling channels therebetween; a housing accommodating the cell assembly therein and having a first space and a second space which are defined on both sides of the cell assembly perpendicular to a direction in which the cooling channels are defined; and an inlet and an outlet defined at both ends of the housing to respectively communicate with the first and second spaces defined in the housing, wherein the inlet is defined at one end of the first space and the outlet is defined at both ends of the second space so that air can flow along a substantially “h” shaped fluid path in the housing, whereby cooling of the battery cells in the respective cooling channels can be uniformly carried out. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100313410 | FABRICATION OF LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - A method of fabricating a lithium secondary battery, which improves charge-discharge characteristics, lifespan, and temperature characteristics of the battery and which includes interposing a separator between a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate, thus manufacturing an electrode assembly; housing the electrode assembly in a battery case, introducing an additive-containing electrolytic solution, and then sealing the battery case; subjecting the sealed battery case to pre-charging, and then removing gas generated by the pre-charging; and subjecting the battery case to formation, wherein the additive is one or more selected from among LiF | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110104539 | LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SAME - A lithium secondary battery includes: a first electrode having a first current collector, and first active material patterns formed on the first current collector such that the first active material patterns are symmetrically disposed with a first center non-coated portion formed therebetween; a second electrode having a second current collector, and second active material patterns formed on the second current collector such that the second active material patterns are symmetrically disposed with a second center non-coated portion formed therebetween; a first electrode tab connected to the first center non-coated portion; and a second electrode tab connected to the second center non-coated portion. | 05-05-2011 |
