Patents by Inventor Pyungkap KIM

Pyungkap KIM has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Battery system
    Patent number: 12212163
    Abstract: In a control unit for a battery system, the control unit includes: an input node configured to receive a sensor signal indicating a state of at least one of a plurality of battery cells of the battery system; a first microcontroller configured to generate a first control signal based on the state of the at least one battery cell; a first communication interface configured to receive a second state signal indicating an operation state of a second microcontroller; and a switch control circuit configured to: receive the first control signal; generate a second control signal based on the state of the at least one battery cell; and transmit one of the first and second control signal to a power switch of the battery system based on at least one received state signal indicating an operation state of the first microcontroller and of an operation state of the second microcontroller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Maximilian Hofer, Nikolaus Hochgatterer, Dolores Kim, Myungchul Kim, Sunmin Kim, Pyungkap Kim, Byeongseon Min, Sangchul Seo, Jeongmo Yang, Kwangmin Yoo
  • BATTERY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20210028632
    Abstract: In a control unit for a battery system, the control unit includes: an input node configured to receive a sensor signal indicating a state of at least one of a plurality of battery cells of the battery system; a first microcontroller configured to generate a first control signal based on the state of the at least one battery cell; a first communication interface configured to receive a second state signal indicating an operation state of a second microcontroller; and a switch control circuit configured to: receive the first control signal; generate a second control signal based on the state of the at least one battery cell; and transmit one of the first and second control signal to a power switch of the battery system based on at least one received state signal indicating an operation state of the first microcontroller and of an operation state of the second microcontroller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Maximilian HOFER, Nikolaus HOCHGATTERER, Dolores KIM, Myungchul KIM, Sunmin KIM, Pyungkap KIM, Byeongseon MIN, Sangchul SEO, Jeongmo YANG, Kwangmin YOO