公开(公告)号：US20190181650A1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-13

申请号：US15958088

申请日：2018-04-20

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Ju Wan LIM ,  YoungJae KIM ,  Duk Jin OH ,  Young Hun SUNG

IPC: H02J7/00 ,  B60L11/18

Abstract: A battery charging method and apparatus are provided. A setting value of charging control information is determined based on an overpotential value and a voltage value of a battery and is applied in the charging control information, and a voltage applied to charge the battery is controlled based on the charging control information that applies the setting value.

公开(公告)号：US20180152026A1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-31

申请号：US15642644

申请日：2017-07-06

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Hyosun HWANG ,  YoungJae KIM

IPC: H02J7/00

CPC classification number: H02J7/0014 ,  B60L50/50 ,  B60L58/22 ,  H02J7/0016 ,  H02J7/0021 ,  Y02T10/7055

Abstract: Provided is a battery balancing apparatus and method including determining state information of a battery unit based on battery quantity data of the battery unit, determining a balancing parameter of the battery unit based on a range comprising the state information, and controlling a balancing unit based on the balancing parameter.

公开(公告)号：US20180093582A1

公开(公告)日：2018-04-05

申请号：US15425132

申请日：2017-02-06

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Ji-young JEONG ,  YoungJae KIM ,  Hyosun HWANG

IPC: B60L11/18 ,  H02J7/00 ,  B60R16/033 ,  H02J7/34

CPC classification number: B60L11/1868 ,  B60L11/1851 ,  B60L11/1879 ,  B60L2210/10 ,  B60L2240/14 ,  B60L2240/54 ,  B60R16/033 ,  H02J1/102 ,  H02J7/0013 ,  H02J7/0014 ,  H02J7/34 ,  H02J2001/008

Abstract: A battery operating apparatus, an auxiliary battery unit, and a battery control method are provided. The battery operating apparatus includes a master battery manager (BM), a fixed battery unit configured to supply a fixed power to a load, the fixed power remaining unchanged over time, and a removable auxiliary battery unit configured to supply a variable power to the load, the variable power varying over time, wherein the master BM is configured to control the fixed battery unit to supply the fixed power among a power needed by the load, and to control the auxiliary battery unit to supply the variable power among the power needed by the load.

公开(公告)号：US20170179736A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-22

申请号：US15385360

申请日：2016-12-20

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： YoungJae KIM ,  Taejung YEO

IPC: H02J7/00

CPC classification number: H02J7/0019 ,  H02J7/0018 ,  H02J7/0026 ,  H02J7/0045 ,  H02J7/0047 ,  H02J7/34 ,  H02J2007/005 ,  Y02T10/7055

Abstract: A battery control apparatus includes: a controller configured to control a switch network to control a connection between a converter and a first battery included in a battery group, among batteries, based on switching time information set to correspond to the first battery, wherein the switching time information is set based on a ratio between first state difference information of the first battery and second state difference information that is calculated based on first state difference information items of the batteries.

公开(公告)号：US20190232801A1

公开(公告)日：2019-08-01

申请号：US16377554

申请日：2019-04-08

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： YoungJae KIM ,  Taejung YEO ,  Jinyong JEON

IPC: B60L50/50 ,  H02J7/00

Abstract: A battery control apparatus includes a processor configured to define each of output values of converters respectively corresponding to a plurality of batteries based on state information of each of the plurality of batteries, and a signal generator configured to generate control signals to control the converters to supply power corresponding to the output values to a load.

公开(公告)号：US20190184843A1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-20

申请号：US16027593

申请日：2018-07-05

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Daebong JUNG ,  YoungJae KIM ,  Younghun SUNG

IPC: B60L11/18 ,  F16H61/662

Abstract: Provided is a method and apparatus of charging a battery of a vehicle using a regenerative braking. A device for charging a second vehicle using a first vehicle includes a roller apparatus configured to transmit, to the second vehicle, a rotational force generated in response to a rotation of a wheel of the first vehicle; a controller configured to control a gear ratio of the roller apparatus; and a transmission configured to change the gear ratio in response to an instruction of the controller.

公开(公告)号：US20190089178A1

公开(公告)日：2019-03-21

申请号：US15915628

申请日：2018-03-08

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Jinyong JEON ,  YoungJae KIM ,  Young Hun SUNG

IPC: H02J7/00

Abstract: A battery control method that calculates a boosting ratio for converters based on voltage values of batteries and a preset voltage value, and transmits the calculated boosting ratio to the converters is disclosed. The converters are configured to boost output voltages of the batteries based on the calculated boosting ratio, and a sum of the boosted output voltages is equal to the preset voltage value.

公开(公告)号：US20180097370A1

公开(公告)日：2018-04-05

申请号：US15655969

申请日：2017-07-21

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： YoungJae KIM

IPC: H02J7/00 ,  G01G19/00

CPC classification number: H02J7/007 ,  G01G19/00 ,  H02J7/0014 ,  H02J7/0021 ,  H02J7/0047 ,  H02J7/0055 ,  H02J2007/005 ,  H02J2007/0096 ,  Y02T10/7055

Abstract: A method of controlling the charging of a battery includes determining plural pieces of state information of a battery unit based on a sensed physical quantity of the battery unit, calculating a weight of the battery unit based on the pieces of state information and a correspondence value of each of the plural pieces of state information, and defining, based on the weight, control information corresponding to an input physical quantity in a charging physical quantity of the battery unit, where the input physical quantity is input to a converter of the battery unit.

公开(公告)号：US20170141588A1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-18

申请号：US15203513

申请日：2016-07-06

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： YoungJae KIM

IPC: H02J7/00

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for charge equalization of batteries, and a battery pack using such a method are provided. A method of charge equalization of batteries involves determining a ratio between first state difference information for each of the batteries and second state difference information calculated based on values of items included in the first state difference information, and defining an output value for each converter corresponding to each of the batteries based on the ratio.

公开(公告)号：US20210057921A1

公开(公告)日：2021-02-25

申请号：US17088930

申请日：2020-11-04

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Ju Wan LIM ,  YoungJae KIM ,  Duk Jin OH ,  Young Hun SUNG

IPC: H02J7/00 ,  B60L58/16 ,  H01M10/44 ,  B60L53/10 ,  H01M10/48 ,  B60L53/00

Abstract: A battery charging method and apparatus are provided. A setting value of charging control information is determined based on an overpotential value and a voltage value of a battery and is applied in the charging control information, and a voltage applied to charge the battery is controlled based on the charging control information that applies the setting value.