Invention Application
- Patent Title: Upgradable smart battery pack
- Patent Title (中): 可升级智能电池组
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Application No.: US10264123Application Date: 2002-10-03
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Publication No.: US20030175560A1Publication Date: 2003-09-18
- Inventor: Hun-June Kim , Dae-Young Youn , Dae-Jeong Kim , Sang-Min Kim
- Priority: KR2002-14565 20020318
- Main IPC: H01M010/42
- IPC: H01M010/42

Abstract:
Herein disclosed is an upgradable SMART (Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology) battery pack which is capable of upgrading a SMART function thereof. The upgradable SMART battery pack comprises a battery array, a host interface for supplying power to a host and performing a SMART communication therewith, a protection circuit for protecting battery cells in the battery array from overcurrent or overvoltage, a microprocessor for monitoring a current state of the battery array, calculating a battery capacity thereof and controlling the SMART communication with the host via the host interface, a nonvolatile memory for storing a program necessary to an operation of the microprocessor and unique battery information, and a signal processor for converting a level of a signal to be sent to the host via the host interface into that desired by the host and processing the level-converted signal. The SMART battery pack further comprises an input/output port for performing an interfacing operation between the host and the microprocessor to download a control program and data to be stored in the nonvolatile memory from the host.
Public/Granted literature
- US07041400B2 Upgradable smart battery pack Public/Granted day:2006-05-09
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