ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,483,057, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to APRO Co. LTD (Gunpo-si, South Korea).

"Zero-voltage discharge circuit device" was invented by Jong Hyun Lim (Gunpo-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a zero-voltage discharge circuit device, in particular, a zero-voltage discharge circuit device configured to discharge a secondary battery while relevant switching elements are kept continuously turned on without being repeatedly turned on and off in a discharge mode of the second battery, so that the discharge circuit can be configured with low withstand voltage switching elements, and is configured to generate a chargin...