ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,219,694, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (Mie, Japan), SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan) and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Battery wiring module" was invented by Hideo Takahashi (Mie, Japan) and Shinichi Takase (Mie, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery wiring module includes a plurality of connecting members to be connected to electrode terminals and a flexible printed circuit board having a plurality of voltage detection lines for detecting the voltages of a plurality of power storage elements via the plurality of connecting members, at least one of the plurality of...