ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,581, issued on July 29, was assigned to Benning CMS Technology GmbH (March, Germany).

"Method and device for determining the state of charge and the state of health of a rechargeable battery" was invented by Wolfgang Bessler (Offenburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method and a device for determining the state of charge (SOC) of a rechargeable battery (106) of a specified battery type, or a parameter physically related thereto, in particular a remaining charge amount Q contained in the battery, wherein the method operates by means of a voltage-controlled battery model (102), which is parameterized...