ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,764, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to AUDI AG (Ingolstadt, Germany).
"Method for discharging at least one battery cell of a battery and control device" was invented by Michael Schimpe (Munich).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for discharging at least one battery cell of a battery for a motor vehicle in the event of at least one specific detected fault concerning the battery. The specific fault is detected and, depending on the detection of the fault, an emergency discharge process for at least partially discharging the at least a battery cell is initiated. In doing so, the at least one battery cell is at least partially dischar...