Abstract: An apparatus and a method for measuring insulation resistance of a battery pack using an insulation resistance meter (IRM) circuit where only a negative relay is electrically conducted, thereby decreasing a risk of electric shock when insulation resistance is measured in a state where an external insulation resistor of the battery pack is broken.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for measuring insulation resistance of a battery pack using an insulation resistance meter (IRM) circuit where only a negative relay is electrically conducted, thereby decreasing a risk of electric shock when insulation resistance is measured in a state where an external insulation resistor of the battery pack is broken.

Abstract: Disclosed is a battery management system for transmitting a secondary protection signal and a diagnosis signal using a small number of insulation elements. N battery management units included in the battery management system transmit at least two pieces of data via one communication line through time division. N data signals transmitted from the N battery management units are transmitted in a sequential order or are mixed to one signal and transmitted to an external device.

Abstract: Disclosed is a battery management system for outputting a signal, capable of determining whether an error has occurred. The battery management system, according to the present invention, includes a plurality of battery management units measuring the voltage of a secondary battery and controlling the charging and discharging thereof. The battery management units output signals when the secondary battery managed thereby is overcharged or overdischarged and errors occur in the units themselves. At this time, the plurality of battery management units output the signals to lines connected in series. In the battery management system, according to the present invention, the waveforms of the signals to be output change according to the amount of current flowing in the lines connected in series.

Abstract: Disclosed is a battery management system for transmitting a secondary protection signal and a diagnosis signal using a small number of insulation elements. N battery management units included in the battery management system transmit at least two pieces of data via one communication line through time division. N data signals transmitted from the N battery management units are transmitted in a sequential order or are mixed to one signal and transmitted to an external device.

Abstract: Disclosed is a battery management system for transmitting a secondary protection signal and a diagnosis signal using a small number of insulation elements. N battery management units included in the battery management system transmit at least two pieces of data via one communication line through time division. N data signals transmitted from the N battery management units are transmitted in a sequential order or are mixed to one signal and transmitted to an external device.

Abstract: Disclosed are a communication system and a synchronization method for enabling synchronization of units included in the communication system in case of a communication line failure. In the communication system according to the present invention, all units are synchronized with the period of an ADSYNC outputted from a master unit when the ADSYNC, in which a data transmission preparation period and a data transmission period make a single cycle, is outputted from the master unit; slave units output a free-run ADSYNC when an ADSYNC is not outputted from the master unit; and, when a plurality of the slave units output free-run ADSYNCs, the slave units are synchronized with any one free-run ADSYNC from among the outputted free-run ADSYNCs.

Abstract: Disclosed is a battery management system for transmitting a secondary protection signal and a diagnosis signal using a small number of insulation elements. N battery management units included in the battery management system transmit at least two pieces of data via one communication line through time division. N data signals transmitted from the N battery management units are transmitted in a sequential order or are mixed to one signal and transmitted to an external device.

Abstract: Disclosed is a battery management system for transmitting a secondary protection signal and a diagnosis signal using a small number of insulation elements. N battery management units included in the battery management system transmit at least two pieces of data via one communication line through time division. N data signals transmitted from the N battery management units are transmitted in a sequential order or are mixed to one signal and transmitted to an external device.

Abstract: Disclosed is a battery management system for transmitting a secondary protection signal and a diagnosis signal using a small number of insulation elements. N battery management units included in the battery management system transmit at least two pieces of data via one communication line through time division. N data signals transmitted from the N battery management units are transmitted in a sequential order or are mixed to one signal and transmitted to an external device.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a battery management system that uses a small number of opto-couplers to reduce a production cost. The battery management system is controlled to maintain a turn-off state in a normal condition. Also, switches are connected in series, and the switches are connected such that when any one switch turns on, switches connected subsequent to the turned-on switch turn on in sequential order. The turn-on of the last connected switch causes a switch turning on an opto-coupler to be turned on. As a result, when the opto-coupler turns on, a battery management device may transmit information to an external device.

Abstract: Disclosed is a battery management system for outputting a signal, capable of determining whether an error has occurred. The battery management system, according to the present invention, includes a plurality of battery management units measuring the voltage of a secondary battery and controlling the charging and discharging thereof. The battery management units output signals when the secondary battery managed thereby is overcharged or overdischarged and errors occur in the units themselves. At this time, the plurality of battery management units output the signals to lines connected in series. In the battery management system, according to the present invention, the waveforms of the signals to be output change according to the amount of current flowing in the lines connected in series.

Abstract: Disclosed are a communication system and a synchronization method for enabling synchronization of units included in the communication system in case of a communication line failure. In the communication system according to the present invention, all units are synchronized with the period of an ADSYNC outputted from a master unit when the ADSYNC, in which a data transmission preparation period and a data transmission period make a single cycle, is outputted from the master unit; slave units output a free-run ADSYNC when an ADSYNC is not outputted from the master unit; and, when a plurality of the slave units output free-run ADSYNCs, the slave units are synchronized with any one free-run ADSYNC from among the outputted free-run ADSYNCs.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a battery management system that uses a small number of opto-couplers to reduce a production cost. The battery management system is controlled to maintain a turn-off state in a normal condition. Also, switches are connected in series, and the switches are connected such that when any one switch turns on, switches connected subsequent to the turned-on switch turn on in sequential order. The turn-on of the last connected switch causes a switch turning on an opto-coupler to be turned on. As a result, when the opto-coupler turns on, a battery management device may transmit information to an external device.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for diagnosing an abnormality in a cell balancing circuit in a battery pack including a plurality of cells corresponding to each cell balancing circuit. The present disclosure turns off cell balancing switches included in a cell balancing circuit to be diagnosed and an adjacent cell balancing circuit among the cell balancing circuits. Also, the present disclosure stores a voltage value between nodes of the cell (hereinafter referred to as a ‘diagnosis voltage value’) by turning on the cell balancing switch of the cell balancing circuit to be diagnosed. Also, the present disclosure calculates a difference value between adjacent cell voltage values (hereinafter referred to as a ‘cell difference value’) and a difference value between adjacent diagnosis voltage values (hereinafter referred to as a ‘diagnosis difference value’).

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for diagnosing an abnormality in a cell balancing circuit in a battery pack including a plurality of cells corresponding to each cell balancing circuit. The present disclosure turns off cell balancing switches included in a cell balancing circuit to be diagnosed and an adjacent cell balancing circuit among the cell balancing circuits. Also, the present disclosure stores a voltage value between nodes of the cell (hereinafter referred to as a ‘diagnosis voltage value’) by turning on the cell balancing switch of the cell balancing circuit to be diagnosed. Also, the present disclosure calculates a difference value between adjacent cell voltage values (hereinafter referred to as a ‘cell difference value’) and a difference value between adjacent diagnosis voltage values (hereinafter referred to as a ‘diagnosis difference value’).

Abstract: Disclosed are a multi-battery pack system, a method for controlling battery packs, and a battery pack, in which plural battery packs provided in the multi-battery pack system can be set as a master battery pack and slave battery packs by themselves. The method for controlling the battery packs constructing the multi-battery pack system includes: a first step of checking if a communication line is maintained at a first level for a first desired amount of time when an activation signal or a message of setting a master battery pack is received; and a second step of outputting signals of a second level to the communication line for a second desired amount of time when the communication line is maintained at the first level for the first desired amount of time, and setting a battery pack as a master battery pack.

Abstract: Disclosed are a multi-battery pack system, a method for controlling battery packs, and a battery pack, in which plural battery packs provided in the multi-battery pack system can be set as a master battery pack and slave battery packs by themselves. The method for controlling the battery packs constructing the multi-battery pack system includes: a first step of checking if a communication line is maintained at a first level for a first desired amount of time when an activation signal or a message of setting a master battery pack is received; and a second step of outputting signals of a second level to the communication line for a second desired amount of time when the communication line is maintained at the first level for the first desired amount of time, and setting a battery pack as a master battery pack.

Abstract: A battery control apparatus of this invention comprises charge detecting circuit for detecting change of charge of a battery based on current of the battery, first residual charge amount detecting circuit coupled to the charge detecting circuit for detecting a first residual charge amount of the battery by compensating a predetermined reference residual charge amount based on the detected result of the change of charge of the battery. The battery control apparatus further comprises second residual charge amount detecting circuit for detecting a second residual charge amount of the battery based on al terminal voltage of the battery and reference residual charge amount updating circuit for updating the reference residual charge amount by detected result of the second residual charge amount of the battery, wherein the second residual charge amount of the battery is detected at a predetermined timing where the current of the battery is zero or almost zero.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel torque detecting apparatus capable of detecting torque with a simple structure and high precision by way of transmitting drive force via a pair of rotary bodies that cause own relative position to be varied by effect of torque to enable detection of variation of resonant frequency corresponding to variation of the relative position under non-contact condition or by way of transmitting drive force via a pair of rotary bodies that cause own relative position to be varied by effect of torque to enable transmission of modulated signal corresponding to variation of the relative position under non-contact condition.