Method and apparatus for managing battery pack
AssigneeLG Chem, Ltd.
InventorJu-Young Kim
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Abstract
An apparatus for managing a battery pack for a vehicle includes a temperature measurement module for measuring temperature of the battery pack; a current measurement module for measuring a charge/discharge current of the battery pack when the measured temperature is not within a predetermined temperature range; a time measurement module for measuring the time while the measured charge/discharge current is over a predetermined current value; a storage module for accumulating and storing the measured time; and a control module for determining a state of the battery pack according to the accumulated and stored time and providing the state information to a user.
Claims16
An apparatus for managing a battery pack for a vehicle comprising:
- a temperature measurement module for measuring temperature of the battery pack;
- a current measurement module for measuring a charge/discharge current of the battery pack when the measured temperature is not within a predetermined temperature range;
- a time measurement module for measuring the time while the measured charge/discharge current is over a predetermined current value;
- a storage module for accumulating and storing the measured time;
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- a control module for determining a state of the battery pack according to the accumulated and stored time and providing the state information to a user.
A method for managing a battery pack for a vehicle, comprising:
- (S1) measuring temperature of the battery pack;
- (S2) measuring a charge/discharge current of the battery pack when the measured temperature is not within a predetermined temperature range;
- (S3) measuring the time while the measured charge/discharge current is over a predetermined current value;
- (S4) accumulating and storing the measured time;
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- (S5) determining a state of the battery pack according to the accumulated and stored time and providing the state information to a user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.