MUMBAI, India, May 30 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202311080432 A) filed by Mercedes-Benz Group Ag, Stuttgart, Germany, on Nov. 27, 2023, for 'system and method for utilizing heat energy generated during passive cell balancing.'

Inventor(s) include Hemanjaneya Reddy.

The application for the patent was published on May 30, under issue no. 22/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A method (200) for utilizing heat energy generated during passive cell balancing of cells associated with a battery is disclosed. The method (200) includes connecting (202) one or more resistors in parallel to the one or more cells and enabling (204) an electric current to flow through t...