ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,473, issued on May 20, was assigned to AUDI AG (Ingolstadt, Germany).
"Switching configuration for a battery module" was invented by Michael Hinterberger (GroBmehring, Germany), Julia Stottner (Ingolstadt, Germany), Christoph Terbrack (Ingolstadt, Germany) and Christian Endisch (Geisenfeld, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cell having a galvanic cell. The galvanic cell has a first and a second electrode connection. The first electrode connection is connected to a first cell connection and the second electrode connection is connected to a second cell connection. The battery cell has a third and a fourth cell connection and at ...